点评:The only way to reach the lighthouse (officially known as Eilean Glas Lighthouse) is on foot. The shortest walk, from a car park at Outend on the west side of Scalpay, will take between one and two hours depending on your level of fitness and how often you stop to wow at the scenery. Some online and print guides recommend returning by a different route along the southern edge of the island. I'd recommend this as long as you know what you're letting yourself in for; the ground is much rougher and took us about twice as long as the "official" route from Outend. This was in exceptionally dry conditions and we saw enough to know that after a wet spell it would be extremely difficult. Even though it's got regular waymarker post we found that in a few places on the southern route we needed some basic map reading skills and a reliable GPS map on our phone; in bad weather when you can't see from one marker post to the next, stick to the more recognised route unless you really know how to navigate across featureless country.
The cafe offers very welcome tea and coffee and a limited range of cold snacks. They don't do meals as such so if you plan to spend a long time at the lighthouse you might want to bring food with you. There's some very interesting information about the history of the lighthouse as well as a regularly updated list of wildlife sightings.
With a good pair of binoculars or, even better, a birding telescope, there's a fabulous range of wildlife to be seen from here on a clear day. Even if whales and porpoises aren't your thing, the views across to northern Skye and the north west highlands are well worth the effort of getting there.
翻译:到达灯塔(官方名称为艾琳·格拉斯灯塔)的唯一方式是步行。最短的步行路线是从斯卡尔佩西侧奥特恩德(Outend)的停车场出发,大约需要一到两个小时,具体取决于您的体力水平以及您驻足欣赏美景的频率。一些在线和印刷指南建议沿着岛屿南部边缘选择不同的路线返回。我推荐这条路线,前提是您清楚自己将要面对什么;这条路线的地面更加崎岖,我们花费的时间大约是从奥特恩德出发的“官方”路线的两倍。当时天气异常干燥,我们目睹的景象足以让我们知道,在阴雨天气过后,步行将变得极其困难。尽管沿途有固定的路标,但我们发现,在南线的几个地方,我们需要一些基本的地图阅读技巧,并在手机上安装可靠的GPS地图;在恶劣天气下,当您无法从一个路标看到另一个路标时,除非您真的知道如何在毫无特色的地区导航,否则请坚持走更常见的路线。咖啡馆提供备受欢迎的茶和咖啡,以及种类有限的冷食。他们不提供餐食,所以如果您计划在灯塔待很长时间,最好自带食物。这里有一些关于灯塔历史的有趣信息,以及定期更新的野生动物目击记录。
如果您带上一副优质的双筒望远镜,或者更好的是,带上观鸟望远镜,在晴朗的日子里,您可以在这里看到各种各样的野生动物。即使您不喜欢鲸鱼和鼠海豚,但北斯凯岛和西北高地的壮丽景色也绝对值得您前来一睹。