点评:A few words on the Looe Valley Line.
Buy your tickets online, at the station, from the machine outside up at the top, or even on the train really, there's no excuse, and yet somehow every summer more than half of all tourists to Cornwall discover this for the first time. It will be busy. Not "busy" in the polite British sense. Actually busy peak season
The train itself is a two-carriage GWR cornflake box that has clearly seen things, done things, and would like to retire but nobody's told it that's an option. No air-conditioning, obviously this is Britain, why would we plan for the two weeks of sun we get, so settle in and get acquainted with someone's pushchair, an armpit from a sweaty man called Barry in his England shirt, and Tracy from Plymouth, both very much present and correct for a day of sunburn, seagull abuse and thier heavily over panting boggley eyed dog called Luna, and a few tins in the sunshine. Being looked at by some very confused and potentially scared foreign tourists.
Catch it on a quieter day, though, and against all odds it's actually a lovely ride through the valley. Who knew.
One more thing while we're being honest: both Looe and Liskeard stations are a bit of a walk from the actual towns, so don't turn up expecting the platform to drop you outside a pasty shop. Bring shoes, bring patience, stop complaining.
Looe itself is honestly a great little place charming locals, proper seaside character it just has the misfortune of being far too nice for its own good, hence the crowds. GWR staff, remarkably, remain pleasant throughout, which given the conditions borders on heroic.
One piece of advice: do not feed the seagulls. Not out of kindness they don't need the help, they're already running a small extortion racket on the harbour but because the locals take a dim view, and you will be personally escorted off the quay I to the water before the gull's even finished your chip.
Chaotic, sweaty, occasionally feral. Still worth the ticket. I do honestly love Looe. And that's from a local. And if it goes wrong liskeard has a wetherspoons.
翻译:关于卢伊谷铁路线的一些介绍。
可以在网上购票,也可在车站购票,或者从车站顶部的售票机上购买,甚至真的可以在火车上买票——根本没有借口买不到票。但不知为何,每年夏天仍有超过一半的前往康沃尔的游客是第一次体验这条铁路线。这条线路在旺季时会非常拥挤。这种“拥挤”可不是英国人口中那种客气的说法,而是真正意义上的人流爆满。
这列火车由两节车厢组成,外形就像大英铁路公司那种典型的“玉米片盒”造型火车,显然它经历过不少事情、也承载过不少回忆。他本想退休,但没人告诉他这也是一个选择。当然没有空调——这里可是英国,我们干嘛要为每年那仅有的两周晴天做准备呢?于是他坐下来,开始熟悉周围的环境:某人的婴儿车、那个穿着英格兰队球衣、浑身是汗的男子巴里身上的体味,还有来自普利茅斯的特蕾西。对于这样一个会晒伤皮肤、要遭海鸥骚扰、还要应付那只气喘吁吁、眼睛瞪得圆圆的名叫露娜的狗的日子来说,这些可都是再正常不过的场景了。当然,还有几罐饮料可以边喝边享受阳光啦。被一些一脸困惑且可能还有些害怕的外国游客盯着看。
不过,要是选个人少些的日子坐这趟车,出乎意料的是,它其实是一段穿越山谷的惬意之旅。谁能想到呢。
说实话,还有一点要提醒:卢和里斯基德两个火车站都离镇中心有点距离,所以可别指望一下火车就能直接站在馅饼店门口。带上鞋子,保持耐心,别牢骚满腹。
说实话,卢本身是个非常不错的小地方,对当地人来说也颇具魅力。典型的海滨风情——只不过它运气不好,因为环境太过宜人,才招来了大批游客。令人钦佩的是,GWR的工作人员始终保持着和蔼的态度;在那种环境下能做到这点简直堪称 heroic。
一条建议:千万别喂海鸥。并非出于善意——它们并不需要帮助,它们在港口一带搞着小型的“敲诈”勾当呢——而是因为当地人对此颇有微词。你会被专人护送着从码头走到水边,而那时海鸥都还没吃完你手里的薯条呢。
混乱、闷热,偶尔还会有点野性横生。不过依然值得一去。我真的超爱卢镇。这可是一个当地人的心声啊。要是出了什么岔子,利斯凯德还有Wetherspoons酒吧可以去呢。