点评:The lower reaches of the River Wye are designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural beauty and the deeply wooded gorge is best seen from the river.
This is nice gentle cruise up and down the river with a rather pedestrian commentary. There are brief glimpses of the C13th St Dubricius Church upstream.
Downstream in Symonds Yat West is the Old Ferrie Inn which is one of the oldest inns on the river and still runs a hand pulled ferry service across to steps on the opposite bank.
On the opposit bank is Symonds Yat East with the pink 'Swiss Chalet' above. This was made famous in the Netflix show ‘Sex Education'.
Further down the gorge, there are views of the tall limstone pillar known as Longstone Rock, which is popular with rock climbers. A bit further on are the rapids and turning round point for the trip.
The website comments ‘Leaping salmon, peregrine falcons and mink are all regularly sighted, although our local otters are a little more elusive!’ We didn’t see any although there was a glimspe of an egret.
The boat runs from Symonds Yat Leisure Park. On a Tuesday afternoon in mid September, this was deserted apart from our coach party and everywhere was shut apart from a shack serving coffee. There was a definite end of season feel to the place. There is a huge caravan and camping site, a lot of (closed) eateries and a (closed) gifty shop. All in all a waste of time and a bit tacky.
翻译:怀河下游被指定为自然美景区,从河上可以欣赏到峡谷深处树木繁茂的壮丽景色。
这是一次轻松惬意的河上巡游,沿途的讲解略显平淡。途中可以短暂地瞥见上游的13世纪圣杜布里修斯教堂。
下游的西西蒙兹亚特镇坐落着老渡口客栈,它是河上最古老的客栈之一,至今仍提供人工拉渡服务,渡船会停靠在对岸的台阶上。
对岸是东西蒙兹亚特镇,镇上矗立着粉红色的“瑞士小屋”。这栋小屋因Netflix剧集《性教育》而闻名。
继续向下游走,可以看到高耸的石灰岩柱——长石岩,这里是攀岩爱好者的天堂。再往前走一点,便是急流和行程的折返点。
网站上写道:“跃出水面的鲑鱼、游隼和水貂经常可见,不过我们当地的水獭就比较难找了!”我们一只也没看到,倒是瞥见了一只白鹭。
船从西蒙兹亚特休闲公园出发。九月中旬的一个星期二下午,除了我们这群旅游大巴之外,公园里空无一人,除了一个卖咖啡的小棚子,其他地方都关门了。这里明显弥漫着淡季的气息。这里有一个巨大的房车和露营地,很多(关门的)餐馆和一家(关门的)礼品店。总而言之,浪费时间,而且有点俗气。