点评:Went to Wild Chesil Centre mainly to see the Fleet on the boat and for birdwatching.
Car park at the centre is easily accessed and we paid £7.90 for a four hour stay. Then we proceeded to the centre itself.
Pros - it has a wealth of information on the landscape and area
- it has friendly staff
Cons - the Fleet boat trip was not running and the lady who greeted us was very apologetic and did check with back office but they had no idea when the boat trips were recommencing as the Pontoon is damaged and will be sometime before it is fixed. So if this is an ongoing problem why is there no note on the Centre website, instead it gives the impression the boat trips run daily. Please if you are thinking of going specifically for the Fleet Boat Trip TELEPHONE AHEAD, wish we had.
- We asked if we could walk round the Fleet and were directed to the very short wooden walkway which takes you onto the pebbles, you can walk a short walk to a cordoned off area where the terns are nesting, unfortunately as one of our party has artificial knees they find walking over pebbles uncomfortable and as there did not appear to be too much bird life on show we returned to the car and left.
We understand you can walk to Portland via a old railway line but that did not appeal to us.
- Finally the Centre is right next to the busy main road to Portland and there is the constant whizzing noise of fast moving traffic.
We left feeling disappointed and felt we should done our research better.
翻译:我们去怀尔德切西尔中心主要是为了乘船游览弗利特河以及观鸟。
中心停车场交通便利,我们停车四小时支付了7.90英镑。之后我们去了中心。
优点:中心提供了丰富的关于当地景观和区域的资料;工作人员热情友好。
缺点:弗利特河游船之旅暂停运营,接待我们的女士非常抱歉,并向后台查询,但他们也不知道游船何时恢复运营,因为浮桥损坏,需要一段时间才能修复。如果这是一个长期存在的问题,为什么中心网站上没有相关信息,反而给人一种游船每天都运营的错觉?如果您打算专门为了弗利特河游船之旅前往,请务必提前打电话确认,我们当时就后悔了。
我们询问是否可以绕着弗利特公园走走,工作人员指引我们沿着一条很短的木栈道走到鹅卵石地上。沿着栈道走一小段路,就能到达一个用警戒线围起来的区域,那里是燕鸥的筑巢地。可惜的是,我们一行人中有一位做了膝关节置换手术,走在鹅卵石路上很不舒服。而且,那里似乎并没有太多鸟类,所以我们只好返回车里离开了。
我们听说可以沿着一条废弃的铁路线步行前往波特兰,但我们并不想走这条路。
最后,这个中心紧邻通往波特兰的繁忙主干道,所以经常能听到疾驰而过的车辆呼啸而过的噪音。
我们离开时感到很失望,觉得应该事先做好更充分的调查。