点评:This lovely island is served in the summer season by daily ferries from Oban, but there are just two days in the week when a day trip by ferry from the mainland is possible. That is not from Oban, but from Kennacraig on the Kintyre peninsula, calling at Islay en route. These day trips are available on Wednesdays and Saturdays only.
The splendid gardens of Colonsay House have for many years been open to the public on Wednesdays, so that day trippers and others can enjoy them, and one Wednesday this summer we caught the ferry from Islay, looking forward to revisiting the gardens.
So having walked over the hill from Scalasaig we were shocked to find that the gardens were closed, and a sign announcing that they were now open only on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
This is so sad. Having for so many years shared their lovely gardens with day visitors, it seems that the Strathconas have now ldecided to exclude us. But why?
翻译:夏季,每天都有从奥本出发的渡轮前往这座美丽的岛屿,但一周中只有两天可以从大陆乘坐渡轮进行一日游。这不是来自奥本,而是来自金泰尔半岛的肯纳克雷格,途中停靠艾雷岛。这些一日游仅在周三和周六提供。
科隆赛宫 (Colonsay House) 的美丽花园多年来一直在每周三向公众开放,以便一日游者和其他人可以欣赏它们,今年夏天的一个周三,我们从艾雷岛 (Islay) 乘渡轮,期待着再次参观花园。
因此,从斯卡拉塞格步行过山后,我们震惊地发现花园已关闭,并且有一个标志宣布花园现在仅在周二和周四开放。
这太悲伤了。多年来,斯特拉斯科纳家族一直与日间游客分享他们美丽的花园,现在似乎决定将我们排除在外。但为什么?