DURHAM, County Durham Travel Notes Last visit – May 2018 Time spent – three years, on and off, plus almost annual pilgrimage since Method of arrival – usually by rail (from all corners… Continue reading
The Shetland islands are the northernmost archipelago of the British Isles; and although several villages lie further to the north, Lerwick is by far the largest settlement. As such, it is home to the a lot of northernmost facilities in the U.K.: from department stores to industrial estates, from bus stations to Chinese restaurants. It does make touring the unremarkable bits of town all that more interesting. If anything, it’s nice to be able to brag.
Just the word “Aberystwyth” conjures up the image of Celtic mystery. Nobody knows how to pronounce the name; nobody know where the town is situated. Perhaps the only “town” deserving of this epithet in mid-Wales, it’s at least a three hour drive from anywhere resembling a major city: if travelling from London, it’s generally quicker to reach the Mediterranean. By rail, it’s the terminus of a single spur, spitting off from the already little-trafficked Cambrian Coast line. It’s very much end of the journey, and worthy for that alone.
這曾是歐洲最大的公共住宅群，六十年代烏托邦理想主義的產物。從香港的角度出發，自然聯想起公屋：長方塊的組成，帶有幾分石硤尾邨的影子；依顏色辦認，又想起彩虹邨呢。
你被運到敵國的戰俘營裡。你被送到最北最北的，你在腦海中地圖也找不見的某個小島。這裡很陰很濕很冷，時時不見天日。
跳島連接的堤壩，既有幸冠上邱吉爾之名，自然有點名堂。
South Ronaldsay是Orkney群島中最南的一個。我坐著旅遊巴大小的巴士；直到最後總站。St. Margaret’s Hope是小島上唯一能勉強叫做村落的地方，因為是個來回蘇格蘭的接駁港，是以路闊落得足夠讓貨櫃車經過；只是早上的「繁忙時段」（約五架貨櫃車）已過，靜悄悄的街道，正好配合水平如鏡的岸景。
我到Orkney，被人問得最多的，是「為什麼」。即使在英國人之間，Orkney也不是個有名的旅遊點；在日常生活中常被忽略跳過的一處；加上長年被雨雲風暴籠罩，實在是個神秘的失落島嶼云云。
I soldier on in the Orkneys. Today, for a couple of history lesson. The Harbour at St. Margaret’s Hope, South Ronaldsay //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js I arrived on South Ronaldsay by bus, it being the southernmost… Continue reading
Orkney: an island group about 10 miles north of the Top End of Scotland. With its treasures and histories shrouded in mystery and (routinely) rain and stormy clouds, it is quite literally a… Continue reading
