点评:I visited Sheltand with my friend for the Up Helly Aa festival and ended up having a lovely couple of days in the company of Chris who took us on tailored tour of some of the further reached areas and less seen places on the various islands of Shetland as well as a tour of his Croft and its inner workings.
Chris is phenomenally suited to take tours as he genuinely cares about the wants and needs of the people he leads and tailors tours to what would suit them best, his knowledge and passion for the islands, its culture and heritage are evident and it was an absolute pleasure to experience it. As someone that has a keen interest in history and culture of the outer Hebridean islands (Gaelic heritage) he really made the tour come alive for me and was just excited as I was even though he'd have seen it a hundred times over.
The tour of his croft was also a great experience for me as I had crofting family a few generations back on Lewis, his care and attentivity of his croft and livestock was great to see and it was a pleasure to see efforts into sustainability in the modern world.
Many thanks Chris, I can't wait to come back!
翻译:我和朋友一起去谢尔坦岛参加了 Up Helly Aa 节,最后在 Chris 的陪伴下度过了愉快的几天,他带我们进行了定制旅行,游览了谢尔坦岛各个岛屿上一些较远的地区和人迹罕至的地方,还参观了他的克罗夫特及其内部运作。
Chris 非常适合带团,因为他真心关心他带领的人的需求,并根据他们的需求量身定制旅行,他对这些岛屿、文化和遗产的了解和热爱显而易见,体验它绝对是一种乐趣。作为一个对外赫布里底群岛(盖尔遗产)的历史和文化有着浓厚兴趣的人,他真的让我的旅行变得生动有趣,我和我一样兴奋,尽管他已经看过一百遍了。
参观他的小农场对我来说也是一次很棒的经历,因为我的家族几代人都在刘易斯经营农场,他对小农场和牲畜的关心和细心令人欣慰,很高兴看到他在现代世界中为可持续发展所做的努力。
非常感谢克里斯,我迫不及待地想回来!