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A RECENT CONVERT WRITES... I just wanted to let you know that I fi rst became acquainted with Scottish Field about a couple of months ago. It was a complimentary magazine lying on a table in the lounge area of our hideaway Perthshire hotel lobby. I picked it up one wet morning to read with my after-breakfast
coffee while ‘my beloved’ scanned a newspaper for football results and, after just turning the fi rst couple of pages, I was immediately caught – hook, line and sinker. So much so that upon my return home to Northern Ireland a few
days later (with the smuggled complimentary copy of Scottish Field safely hidden away in my hand luggage), I immediately took out a year’s subscription. My husband and I are both Ulster Scots and are extremely proud of
our Scottish heritage, so much so that we make the short hop several times a year from our local airport in Belfast to either Glasgow or Edinburgh airport and head off into the glorious Scottish countryside in our hired car. My married name is McCloy and my maiden name was McKeown.
Our parental sides have the surnames of Armstrong, Morrow and Carse, all very Scottish in origin. I have recently taken up photography, and when I take that perfect
photo I will gladly send it in to your online gallery – who knows, one day I may well feature on your Monthly Musings page. I am so very pleased to discover your gem of a magazine and I
cannot wait until the postman delivers my next month’s copy. Sharon McCloy, Ballygowan, County Down, N Ireland
HOOKED ON HELMSDALE To allay any reader concerns about the running of the River Helmsdale [Cash is slipping through the net, June 2014], please know that the local salmon fi shery board bends over backwards to accommodate local anglers and stimulate our faraway and disadvantaged economy. We are the fi rst and only Scottish river to have one-week open days in
which any angler can fi sh anywhere, for free. A prolonged ceilidh ensues. Local season permits cost £25 – enough to lure northwards salmon-
fi xated immigrants. They can fi sh through the night, disallowed on private beats. The biggest 2013 bank repair fortifi ed a favourite public pool. Visitor numbers are capped in peak season, allowing locals and locally-staying visitors full scope. Members of the local angling club, which is highly supportive, get
concessionary early private beat fi shing. Far from suppressing any local economy angling, rents on the
private beats support farming, forestry and stalking in the Kildonan Strath. Altogether the river underpins employment for over forty people. The Bridge Hotel owner understood fully that anglers stayed at lower cost in nearby lodges. He had a different concept involving rough shooting and wildfowling, and sadly it failed.
Michael Wigan, Manager Helmsdale District Salmon Fishery Board, Borrobol, Kinbrace, Sutherland
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