Uma ushiya umgwaqo omkhulu, ulibangise emgwaqeni wetiyela onemizila emibili oholela ogwini olusempumalanga ye-Avalon, lo mgwaqo uvame ukupeshwa, ukuze kungaqinisekwa ukuthi umgwaqo unohlu lozalo nezikwele ezingaphezu kwetiyela lokuqala.
Leli yizwe eliwugwadule lase-Avalon, elinomuthi kuphela ongaphezu kwamahlombe akho, uvinjwe umoya, ucashe esigodini.
Amachibi nezihlahla eziwugwadule zibekwe obala njengama-quilts amakhulu, afinyelela emkhathizwe nhlangothi zombili, libalele futhi lishisa, umhlabathi womile, futhi kuphuphuma iphunga lezihlahla nama-peat bogs.
Ngamisa imoto yami othulini nasetshetsheni elincane, lapho ngabona khona isiziba esikhulu esinetshe eliwunqenqema lwedwala ohlangothini olulodwa. Le ndawo ivame ukuba namanzi ajulile kanye nezikole ze-trout. Kuqhele ngekhilomitha elilodwa ukusuka emgwaqeni, kodwa ibanga lapha liyalinga: akukho lutho emehlweni akho ongabamba futhi ubeke isikali esicacile, kuphela ukuguquguquka okuthambile okuphansi kanye nokufufusa okwakhiwa izitshalo ezishaywa umoya.
Ngabe sengihamba ngehla ngomzila webhayisikili exhaphozini phakathi kwezitshalo zamaxhaphozi ezicishe zishwabane. Abashisi belanga abadla inyama kuphela ababebukeka bemanzi ngokwanele ukuba baphile, amaqabunga awo amise okwenkanyezi ayekhangwa amaconsi anamathelayo akhangayo. Izitshalo zembiza zaziqinile futhi zintekenteke, njengokungathi imvula iza ngokushesha. Eceleni komgwaqo omncane, kungazelelwe umhlambi omncane wezinyoni wawuphambi kwami, ulunguza futhi uhalalisa, ngesizathu esithile, njalo ubalekela ohlangothini olufanayo ncamashi nelami. Iphathi yami yokuzilolonga ngeke indize kuze kube yilapho kuvela udonga lwedwala ngqo phambi kwami.
Ngathatha ulayini, ngaphakamisa futhi ngahuka inhlanzi ephakathi nendawo, ngase ngihlala onqenqemeni lwedwala, ngakhumula amabhuzu ami namasokisi, ngancika etsheni, nganyathela amanzi ansundu afudumele. Ngiyakuzwa ukukhala okukhulu nokukhanyayo kwe-Osprey, kodwa angikwazi ukuwubona umsindo wayo esibhakabhakeni. Kwakunomoya ohelezayo emanzini, futhi ngacabanga ngokubhukuda. Phambi kwamehlo ami, izimoto namaloli kwesinye isikhathi zihamba emgwaqweni. Amatshe aphakeme kanye nemigwaqo eseceleni kwenza umgwaqo ube umngcele phakathi kwezulu nomhlaba, ngakho izimoto zishayela ngezinga elithile.
Amachibi nezihlahla eziwugwadule zibekwe obala njengama-quilts amakhulu, afinyelela emkhathizwe nhlangothi zombili, libalele futhi lishisa, umhlabathi womile, futhi kuphuphuma iphunga lezihlahla nama-peat bogs.
Ngakho-ke, ukungena emotweni, ogwini, kugeleza emanzini angajulile futhi abanzi ansundu kanye nomfula omncane wamatshe, ogezwe ngamanzi isikhathi eside, ukuze bonke babe nokubukeka okufanayo kwe-waxy nokujikeleza. Azikho izinhlanzi eziningi, futhi lapho zikhona, zivaleleke emigodini ejulile, ngaphansi kwezinguzunga ezisikiwe, amanzi omfula agobe futhi asike inhlabathi ngaphansi kwezihlahla, futhi amanzi agelezayo emakhoneni aqhubela amatshe phansi ngomfula Push ukuze akheke. amadamu namadamu. I-stout yaphuma futhi yalunywa yizimpukane amehlo othingo, nojekamanzi ngokunjalo, zahlasela izimpukane ezazizungezile ngaphambi kokuba zilume ngamandla.
Ejikeni, umsindo wokugeleza kwamanzi agelezayo ubonakala ushwabadela eminye imisindo, ngakho kunomsindo wokugezwa opholile wamanzi ezigingqa. Ilanga lishisa kakhulu, namatshe omfula emhlane wami ashisa nakakhulu. Akukho ukuphumula usuku.
Russell Wangersky’s column appeared in the SaltWire newspaper and website on the Canadian Atlantic coast. You can contact him at russell.wangersky@thetelegram.com-Twitter: @wangersky.