点评:My friend and I are two competent and capable dressage riders from the US who were so excited to celebrate our 40th birthdays in Scotland and the horseback ride around Loch Ness was going to be the highlight. We both ride plenty at home so a nice leisurely trail ride around the area was what we were looking for. For reference on our abilities, I train my own horses, rider upper level dressage, and regularly ride in lessons and clinics with dressage judges and professionals from several countries. I list my own experience for reference that I am quite capable and am well in touch with my riding ability and am happy to be yelled at and instructed by a someone competent. I will start with saying the horses were sweet and willing and the scenery was beautiful. However, Candy was condescending, patronizing, belittling, and yelled at us, and pretty much everyone and everything we encountered on the three hour trail ride. She is clearly terrified of her horse spooking and projects this on absolutely everyone. We are not nervous riders but she clearly rather pretend her customers are the problem vs. herself. We were yelled at, hikers, walkers, joggers, dog walkers, cars, small children (maybe 5 years old) in their school yard, and mothers with little ones in strollers over a dozen feet away who dared to turn around to look at the horses were all yelled at by Candy. The only unsafe condition was her inability to control her own nerves and her nasty attitude. She also belittled the way the second guide handled her horse so this is just clearly how Candy operates with everyone. "Not a people person" doesn't even begin to describe her. I can’t stress enough that if you want an enjoyable horseback riding experience, find a different place to go. There are enough good reviews that maybe she can actually be a decent human being but there isn’t enough money out there to pay me or my friend to be in her company again. In hindsight, we wish we hadn’t wasted our money or time just to be so disappointed, it honestly took us the rest of the day to get over the negative feelings we walked away with. This is the first negative review I have ever posted for anything and the first time in my life I almost opted to get off my horse and just walk back and it was 100% from the nasty attitude we were subjected to. If this review saves just one person from experiencing what we did, it’s worth it.
翻译:我和我的朋友是两位来自美国的优秀盛装舞步骑手,我们非常兴奋能在苏格兰庆祝我们的 40 岁生日,而尼斯湖周围的骑马之旅将成为亮点。我们在家里都经常骑马,所以我们正在寻找一个悠闲的小径,在该地区骑行。作为我们能力的参考,我训练自己的马匹,骑高水平的盛装舞步,并定期参加盛装舞步裁判和来自多个国家的专业人士的课程和诊所。我列出了自己的经验以供参考,我很有能力,并且对自己的骑术了如指掌,很高兴被一个有能力的人大声呵斥和指导。我首先要说的是,马匹很温顺,很听话,风景很美。然而,坎迪却居高临下、傲慢自大、轻视我们,对我们以及我们在三个小时的小径骑行中遇到的几乎所有人和事都大喊大叫。她显然很害怕她的马受惊,并将这种情绪投射到所有人身上。我们不是紧张的骑手,但她显然更愿意假装她的客户是问题而不是她自己。我们被大声呵斥,徒步旅行者、步行者、慢跑者、遛狗者、汽车、校园里的小孩(可能 5 岁)以及十几英尺外带着婴儿车的妈妈们,只要敢转过头去看马匹,都会被 Candy 呵斥。唯一不安全的情况是她无法控制自己的神经,态度恶劣。她还轻视第二位导游驾驭马匹的方式,所以这显然是 Candy 对待每个人的方式。“不善于与人打交道”甚至不足以形容她。我再怎么强调也不为过,如果你想享受一次愉快的骑马体验,那就去别的地方吧。有足够多的好评,也许她真的是一个正派的人,但没有足够的钱让我或我的朋友再次和她在一起。回想起来,我们希望我们没有浪费我们的金钱或时间,只是因为如此失望,老实说,我们花了一整天的时间才克服了我们离开时产生的负面情绪。这是我发表的第一篇负面评论,也是我一生中第一次差点选择下马步行回去,这完全是因为我们遭遇了恶劣的态度。如果这篇评论能拯救一个人免于遭受我们所经历的一切,那就值得了。