点评:Our B&B owners told us “If you see the cable car going … then take it … there’s no guarantee it’ll be running tomorrow”. And how right they were.
As it was, we joined the queue at around 10.45am on a sunny Monday with what felt like light winds. It took 45 mins to get to the ticket booth where a sign informed us that the last car back down was 1pm and they were only selling single tickets at £15.50 each. Returns would have been an extra 50p - what sort of pricing structure is that?
We questioned whether to bother but figured we were there and I do love a cable car.
Ride up has some great views, the reason for the queue is that each car only takes 2 adults so it’s lovely not to be crammed in with strangers. Personally I don’t understand why some people were screaming, it’s not an extreme theme park ride.
On exiting the top station the sign for last car down was now saying 12 noon. We’d have had 10 mins. So in the end we choose to wander about the Orme without any time constraints. The options for back down, when the cable car isn’t running, is bus, tram or walk.
We walked. And it was great although there’s not really a formal footpath. We followed the tram route for the majority, got some great photos. 20mins back into town if you don’t stop for pics.
翻译:我们的民宿老板告诉我们:“如果看到缆车正在运行……那就赶紧坐上吧……毕竟明天的缆车能否正常运行可没保证。”他们说得太对了。
事实上,那个阳光明媚的周一上午10点45分左右,我们排起了队。当时风似乎不大。我们花了45分钟才排到售票处,那里的告示牌上写着:最后一班下山的缆车时间为下午1点,而且他们只出售每张15.50英镑的单程票。如果购买返程票的话还要额外支付50便士——这算什么定价机制啊?
我们曾犹豫过要不要坐,但想着既然都到这儿了,而且我超喜欢缆车,于是就决定坐了。
上山途中的景色相当不错。排队的原因在于每辆缆车只能搭载两名成人,所以能避免和陌生人挤在一起,感觉挺好的。不过我实在不明白为什么有些人会尖叫,这又不是什么极度刺激的游乐园项目。
从山顶站出来后,指示最后一班下山缆车的标志上显示的时间是中午12点。我们原本预计能有10分钟时间。不过最后我们决定不受时间限制地在奥尔姆山上随意漫步。当缆车不运行时,下山的选项只有公交车、有轨电车或步行。
我们选择了步行。虽然并没有正式的人行道,但体验非常棒。大部分路程我们都是沿着有轨电车的路线行走,还拍到了不少不错的照片。如果不停下来拍照的话,20分钟就能回到镇上。