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Our first sporting day at Thormaid where Nigel shot a grouse, and I caught a 2lb 4oz brown trout in my loch with almost the first cast of the day from the shore; the boat being full of rain-water. Back at the Forss House Hotel, Nigel was intent on some serious drinking and so I went to bed and left him to it.
I was awake quite early this morning but, sharing a room with Nigel, went back to sleep and woke up again when we were called at 7.00am. Down for a nice Scottish Breakfast and then out to Thormaid to try the sport. It was still raining and was to continue for most of the day but Nigel shot a grouse and I caught a 2lb 4oz brown trout in my loch with almost the first cast of the day from the shore; the boat being full of rain-water. I was denied a shot at any grouse myself though we did see two more coveys of two and five respectively to give us hope for sport tomorrow.
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The drive to Caithness with Nigel in the pouring rain and within 13 hours were pulling into Ian MacGregor's drive at The Forss Bridge Hotel to hear of him and friends having been paying Alan ten pounds a day for my White Lock boat, and catching many fish including a two-pounder!
I was up, ready and waiting for Nigel outside The Hayling View at 7.00am as planned but he was a bit late and, even then, had forgotten his shaving kit and so it was after 7.30am before we had got under way from Hail Weston. The weather was fine when we left but then the heavens opened and most of the journey was conducted in torrential rain. Even so, and after stopping three times for breakfast, lunch and tea, we made good time and within 13 hours were pulling in to Ian MacGregor's drive at The Forss Bridge Hotel. We had debated about which hotel to stay at whilst we drove up but then I telephoned Ian and he was able to accommodate us a day earlier. We were even in time for dinner and drinks during which time we met three salmon fishers who were "time-share" owners of this week on the River Forss and come at the same time every year.
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Buying an A.Y.A. No 2 side-by-side 12-bore with auto-eject, side action and in good condition. This evening, assembling and disassembling and cleaning my gun and then packed everything up for an early start for Scotland in the morning.
A good night, having got used to the bed and temperature again and then breakfast with the girls, fighting with them for enough milk to have with my breakfast! Once they were off to school, I got ready and then opened the mail before meeting Nigel by arrangement for a trip to his Biggleswade gun dealer. We spent some time looking at guns but they were mostly "over-and-unders" for clay pigeon shooting and I wanted a "side-by-side" field gun. Back to St Neots to meet Diana for lunch at Brackenbury's, having done the round of building societies for the latest interest rates. A nice snack meal of soup and then "egg salad bap" before setting off to get some tea of trout and fresh prawns from the supermarket.
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