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Aye, they’ve loupit the Linn

James MacKay asks (Leopard, October) ‘But how many others have loupit the Linn (of Dee) and have any done it both ways?’

I have never jumped across, but often saw deerstalkers Willie Grant of Linn of Dee Cottage and Bob Scott of Luibeg and the Derry, jumping across both ways while they fished for salmon in the late 1940s and early 1950s during early mornings when nobody was about. They never used a rope.

Though unable to swim a stroke, Bob showed no fear and was as sure-footed on the wet rocks as an otter. I described him and Willie jumping across in my recent book It’s A Fine Day For The Hill.
(Dr) Adam Watson, Crathes