点评:Burgh Island is a small but hilly islet, covering around six acres, situated 300 yards from the rugged coast of south Devon, close to the village of Bigbury-on-Sea and a short walk from the caravan park at Challaborough.
At high tide Burgh Island is cut off from England by six feet of choppy sea water so visitors will have to pay GBP 2:00 to travel over the sand bar in the world's only Sea Tractor, the current iteration of which has a (rather noisy) Diesel engine and pneumatic tyres, as opposed to the caterpillar tracks of the original version.
At low tide it takes five minutes to walk across the firm, golden sand from Bigbury-on-Sea to Burgh Island, which not only boasts an elegant (and expensive) Art Deco hotel but also a small but attractive pub called the Pilchard Inn, which goes back all the way to 1336.
A couple of Public Footpaths allow visitors to freely access the parts of Burgh Island which aren't owned by the Art Deco Hotel, one of which gives access to the ruins of St. Michael's Chapel on top of the hill. The building was used during the 18th Century by sharp-eyed "Huers" whose job it was to spot huge shoals of Cornish Sardines (aka Pilchards) and direct the local fishermen towards them. It was also used as a lookout during the Second World War as it commands superb, panoramic views along the south Devon coastline.
The famous hotel, where Agatha Christie set two of her novels, offers pre-booked Afternoon Tea to non-millionaire visitors who cannot afford to stay there overnight. The hotel's proud boast is not only that it's clocks are permanently set on 1933, but it gets more like 1933 with every year which passes, albeit a sanitised version of 1933 from which the Blackshirts and the bread queues are notable only by their absence.
翻译:伯格岛是一座面积约六英亩、地势起伏的小岛,位于南德文郡崎岖海岸线300码处,靠近海滨比格伯里村,步行即可到达查拉伯勒的露营地。
涨潮时,伯格岛会被六英尺深的汹涌海水与英格兰隔开,游客需要支付2英镑才能乘坐世界上唯一的“海上拖拉机”穿越沙洲。目前版本的“海上拖拉机”配备了(噪音较大的)柴油发动机和充气轮胎,而非最初版本的履带。
退潮时,从海滨小镇比格伯里 (Bigbury-on-Sea) 步行五分钟即可穿过坚实的金色沙滩到达伯格岛 (Burgh Island)。岛上不仅有一家优雅(且价格不菲)的装饰艺术风格酒店,还有一家名为“沙丁鱼客栈”(Pilchard Inn) 的小巧迷人的酒吧,其历史可追溯至1336年。
几条公共步道让游客可以自由前往伯格岛上不属于装饰艺术风格酒店的区域,其中一条步道通往山顶的圣迈克尔教堂 (St. Michael's Chapel) 遗址。这座建筑在18世纪曾被眼光敏锐的“瞭望员”(Huers) 使用,他们的职责是发现大群的康沃尔沙丁鱼(又名沙丁鱼),并引导当地渔民前往捕捞。二战期间,由于这里可以俯瞰南德文郡海岸线的壮丽全景,因此也被用作瞭望台。
这家著名的酒店是阿加莎·克里斯蒂两部小说的背景地,它为那些无力支付住宿费用的非百万富翁游客提供预订下午茶服务。酒店引以为豪的不仅是其时钟永远定在1933年,而且随着时间的推移,酒店本身也越来越像1933年——尽管这是一个经过美化的1933年版本,黑衫军和排队买面包的人群都已不见踪影。