点评:We were given a guided tour by Nicky Mansell (one of the officially trained Jersey guides) who had been recommended to us by the owner of Corbiere Phare. She was a mine of information and the tour started at the Causeway where there is a plaque commemorating a distant cousin of mine. The story had often been told in my family of the brave lighthouse keeper who lost his life attempting to rescue a tourist in trouble. Their deaths led to the installation of warning sirens telling you to get off the Causeway now! Jersey has one of the largest tidal ranges in the world so don’t get caught out.
Inside the tower is a wealth of history and although I couldn’t go up (I love lighthouses but get vertigo on open cast iron staircases) I enjoyed reading the exhibits on the wall as well as a number of documents Nicky had gathered together whilst Nicky took Hubby up to see the lantern room.
Such pride is taken in the lighthouse, you have to don special cotton gloves so your skin and sweat don’t degrade the fittings.
It was a memorable visit thanks to Nicky.
And do go back at sunset just to experience both a great sky and sea scape, and the drama of the Lighthouse coming into its own
翻译:尼基·曼塞尔(Nicky Mansell,经官方培训的泽西岛导游之一)为我们提供了导览服务。她是由科比埃尔灯塔的老板向我们推荐的。她简直就是一本活百科全书。导览从堤道开始,那里有一块纪念碑,是为了纪念我的远房表亲。我家人中经常讲述这样一个故事:那位勇敢的灯塔看守员为了营救一名遇险的游客而献出了生命。他们的遇难促使当地安装了警告警报器,用来提醒人们立刻离开堤道!泽西岛的潮差幅度位居世界前列,所以千万别掉以轻心。
灯塔内部承载着丰富的历史资料。虽然我没能登上去(我喜欢灯塔,但在露天的铸铁楼梯上会头晕),不过我很享受阅读墙上的展览说明。与此同时,尼基则带着我丈夫上楼去参观灯室。人们对这座灯塔引以为傲至极,甚至要求参观者戴上特制的棉质手套,以防皮肤油脂和汗水损坏其配件。
多亏了尼基,这次参观才令人难忘。
一定要在日落时分再去一次,那样既能欣赏壮丽的天空与海景,又能目睹灯塔在暮色中焕发生机的动人景象。