点评:My wife and I together with numerous dogs have walked through Leigh Woods for over twenty years and have enjoyed the quiet peace and solitude, particularly in the earlier years when there was no charge and everything was as nature intended..
It is with regret therefore that I find myself in the position of expressing our dismay at the unacceptable changes that have taken place over the last five years. Particularly the provision of mountain bike trails, for which huge areas of woodland have been obliterated with hard standing chicanes provided so that cyclists can speed through with no consideration at all for the habitat around them.
Not environmentally friendly and hardly beneficial to resident wildlife. Certainly not the tranquil image promoted in the tourism literature.
Main paths have been laid with a form of aggregate, forming cambers which are difficult to negotiate and result in large muddy areas at each side. So loved by many dogs, including our own if we do not control her.
My advice to potential visitors is do not believe everything you read on line and in the various guides.
Just across the road is Ashton Court Estate a larger and more tranquil environment and parking is cheaper
翻译:二十多年来,我和妻子以及众多狗狗们一直漫步在利伍兹森林中,享受着那里的宁静与孤寂。尤其是在最初的那些年,那里不收门票,一切都保持着大自然的原貌。
因此,如今我不得不怀着遗憾之情来表达我们的不满:过去五年里发生的种种变化实在令人无法接受。尤其是山地自行车道的修建。在这些地方,大片的林地被夷为平地,取而代之的是坚硬的环形障碍道,好让骑自行车的人飞驰而过,完全无视周围的生态环境。
这种做法既不环保,也对当地的野生动物毫无益处。这显然与旅游宣传册中所描绘的宁静景象大相径庭。
主要道路上铺设了某种骨料,形成了拱形路面,骑行起来极为不便;道路两侧则形成了大片泥泞地带。许多狗狗倒是挺喜欢这种地方呢。包括我们自己的庄园,如果我们无法控制她的话。
我给潜在游客的建议是:不要轻信网上以及各种旅游指南中所写的内容。
就在马路对面是阿什顿庄园,那里面积更大且更为宁静,停车费用也更便宜。