点评:I was a bit worried planning two days of our trip based on a website and some online reviews, but I should not have worried. Our two days in the Peak District with Mark were the best and most shared part of the twelve days we spent in Scotland and England. The tour seemed like an extravagance, but it was the best money I spent on the entire trip. There was no way that I would have enjoyed the trip anywhere as much as I did if I had to drive, nor would my son and I have found or understood the significance of the places we hiked to without Mark’s knowledge of the area. From the explanation of the hermit’s cave with the elaborate carved crucifix near Haddon Hall to reassuring me on the gentle temperament of the Highland cows we had to pass on part of our hike close enough to pet to the location of all sorts of iconic filming locations, Mark was full of stories and local knowledge.
Mark responded quickly to emails and planned a personal itinerary for my teen son and myself based on mostly general comments on what we were interested in seeing. Mark picked us up at our hotel in York exactly on time, he was a great driver, exceptionally knowledgeable about the area, and followed up with the requested list of the places we visited during the our two days in the Peak District.
The first day we visited Haddon Hall - the only specific place my son really just had to see - and it did not disappoint. We spent the rest of the day in the southern part of the Peak District. The second day we spent most of our time hiking to different scenic spots in the northern part of the Peak District as the day was too beautiful to spend inside. I will have to come back in the future to visit Chatsworth and Lyme.
I can’t recommend Mark and Live for the Hills highly enough. Most people in the States don’t know anything about Derbyshire and the Peak District, but it is a beautiful place and wonderful change of pace from London and so many tourist spots. I will definitely be back!
翻译:我有点担心,因为我们是根据一个网站和一些在线评论来计划两天的行程的,但我不应该担心。我们和马克在峰区度过的两天是我们在苏格兰和英格兰度过的十二天中最好、最难忘的。这次旅行似乎有点奢侈,但这是我整个旅行中花得最值得的钱。如果我必须开车,我不可能在任何地方享受这次旅行,如果没有马克对该地区的知识,我和儿子也不会发现或理解我们徒步前往的地方的意义。从解释哈登庄园附近有雕刻精美的十字架的隐士洞穴,到向我保证我们在徒步途中必须经过的高地牛的温顺性情,这些牛离各种标志性的拍摄地点很近,可以抚摸它们,马克讲了很多故事,了解了很多当地情况。
马克迅速回复了电子邮件,并根据我们感兴趣的景点的一般评论为我和我的十几岁的儿子制定了个人行程。马克准时到约克的酒店接我们,他是个很棒的司机,对该地区了如指掌,并向我们提供了我们在峰区两天游玩期间所参观景点的清单。
第一天,我们参观了哈登庄园——这是我儿子唯一真正想去的地方——它没有让我们失望。我们把当天的剩余时间都花在了峰区南部。第二天,我们大部分时间都在峰区北部徒步游览不同的景点,因为天气太好,不适合待在室内。我以后还得再来参观查茨沃斯和莱姆。
我强烈推荐马克和 Live for the Hills。大多数美国人对德比郡和峰区一无所知,但这是一个美丽的地方,与伦敦和众多旅游景点相比,这里是绝佳的换个环境。我一定会再来的!