http://www.thesummercrew.co.uk Tales from the salmon netting on the River Spey in the north east of Scotland Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:43:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The old railway viaduct rises like the back of some great antediluvian beast out of the willows and alders growing along the broad shingle banks near the estuary of the River Spey. Now carrying only pedestrian traffic on a narrow wooden walkway, the imposing iron arch is a remnant of ... http://www.thesummercrew.co.uk/the-first-shot/ Sandy Geddes, skipper of the summer crew, walked slowly down the bank with Jake and Black Alec, holding the top end of the net and watching as Robbie and the three new recruits ran the last shot of the first week of the summer salmon netting season. When they’d rowed ... http://www.thesummercrew.co.uk/the-joy-division/ Sandy Geddes, the skipper of the summer crew, was running late for work, and by the time he arrived for the start of the shift the rest of the crew were sheltering in the bothy from the light rain that had been falling for the last hour or so. As ... http://www.thesummercrew.co.uk/the-sikoda/ When Sandy Geddes, the skipper of the summer crew, arrived for the Tuesday of the early shift he found the bothy in uproar. Black Alec was swearing and cursing with even greater vigour than was usual and for once even the Puddock seemed animated. “What on earth is going on?” asked ... http://www.thesummercrew.co.uk/the-rave-at-rothes/ Sandy Geddes, the skipper of the summer crew, pulled the collar of his donkey jacket up around his ears and stepped out of the bothy door into the bitter, blustery wind. To the north, over the leaden sea, towering storm clouds, known thereabouts as the Banff bailiffs as they kept ... http://www.thesummercrew.co.uk/the-spent-hens/ The storm raged outside the bothy, hurling sheets of rain against the wooden walls, and rattling the cowl on the stove pipe. Inside, however, the bothy was warm and dry, filled with a frowsy heat thrown off by the blazing pot-bellied stove, glowing red in the dim light of the ... http://www.thesummercrew.co.uk/the-monster/ Sandy Geddes, skipper of the summer crew, and Robbie, his first mate, were examining the Bridge pool at the end of a long, hard day’s work for the salmon fishers. It had rained heavily in the Cairngorms for the last two days and though the Spey wasn’t exactly in spate, ... http://www.thesummercrew.co.uk/the-unmentionables/ Sandy Geddes, skipper of the summer crew, and his first mate, Robbie, were leaning on the netbox, watching a pair of mergansers flying up the river when the Gaffer pulled up in the pickup to collect the fish. “Oh aye, I meant te say - we’ve got a visitor coming at ... http://www.thesummercrew.co.uk/jock-stewarts-big-walk-around-scotland/