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Show TYave t gait fake Sribune C C'l tt i 4' 0 kte-- T Sunday, July Section L 15, 1984 T Page 1 N A T5T W 4,tTv- - ) X ts r t ?- . , - A 1 f , , sh J 1 . MM t v rI Bsia 0 ? fcfc'',.1'" 14 9, 'i j SJPA IKcS text and photos by Sid H. Eliason The most elegant hunting and fishing lodge in the Highlands of Scotland, open to the public, is Tulchan Lodge. We had traveled for 10 days in Scotland before we, by chance, arranged for a nights lodging, and a days fishing, at this most wonderful homehotel on the River Spey. In May, we were on holiday to Scot- land with our investment club (The Over the Hill Gang of S L C. Utah) for five days of golf Our headquarters were Gleneagles Hotel, just North of Edinburgh Gleneagles is a very deluxe, very large hotel with amenities including Three golf courses named The Kings, The Queens, The Princess, indoor swimming pool, all types of racket sports, lawn bowling, and most other activities imagined by va- Sid H. Eliason lives in Salt Lake City. cationers The rooms were lovely, the food and all services excellent. We inspected other hideaways Hunting Tower Hotel, just near Perth, a converted country home as many of the fine small hotels in Scotland are, was one of the best evening dinner spots we found. Our small group tried fresh Tay River Salmon, Venison Burguignonne, Roast Lamb, and Escallopes of Veal. The appetizers and desserts were to swoon over. At this hotel fall shooting for pheasants could be arranged, inexpensively The owner was a good friend of the local game warden. There was a grand banquet, complete with bagpipes, Haggis, (oatmeal, chopped meat and spices, cooked m the stomach lining of the sheep, served with neeps and tatties (turnips and potatoes) and taken with Scotch Gravy (straight scotch whisky sipped between bites) and toasts to the Queen and the President of our club, Mr Darwin Deakins he shot a 78 on the Old St Andrews Golf Course that day. Clinking glasses Slans-Jev- a the Scottish toast, wasTieard throughout the Castle halls, while the live bagpipe music was enjoyed by all Another sumputous banquet was enjoyed at Scone Palace, on the east bank of the River Tay. Forty two Kings of Scotland were crowned on Moot Hill, whence stood the Stone of Scone The Stone resided in this spot for more than 500 years. For more than a thousand years the Kings of Scotland have sat on or over this stone to be crowned including the present monarch. In 1926 King Edward the First absconded with the stone to Westminster Abbey m For 400 years the Palace has been the home of the family of the present owner, the Earl of Mansfield The furniture, china, silver service, carved ivories, porcelain, tapestries, and orchid plants were most impressive, especially so when one realizes that all in the British Isles is privately owned Palaces and Castles with a few thousand, or tens of thousands of acres of land are enjoyed and owned by persons, not Federal, State, or County Governments. The enormous wealth of many individuals is awesome With many of these land-ricand often times titled persons, cash flow is a problem. They must open their estates to the public for tours, banquets, lunches, fishing, and hunting By law they may not raise the rent of their tenant farmers, or other long time habitants and sell-Se- e Page T-- The River Tay, top, runs in front of Blathie House. A bagpiper at Borthwick Castle, above. 2 FS3TJ River Dee, near Balia ter and Balmoral Castle, is large, rough and full offish. The J Beech Hedge on Highway A9, top left. Western view from the parking lot of Tulchan Lodge, top right. Tulchan Lodge, above, Scotlands elegant bunting and fishing lodge. I D |