点评:I don’t know what I expected, but I definitely wanted to be wowed. I thought I’d feel an immediate sense of being in Scotland or would be stunned by the scenery. And that just didn’t happen.
We were driving pretty much the length of the west side of the Loch A82, on route to Inveraray, so made a couple of stops along the way.
1. Duck Bay - free on street parking with view of Loch - wasn’t much to see or do so just had a picnic snack and moved on. Proved impossible to get back onto A82 north so had to double back to Stoneymollan roundabout which annoyed me.
2. Luss - Pay and Display carparks were super busy and we nearly gave up, before a space appeared. Quick walk down to the pier where you can get boats from. Weather wasn’t great so not sure how much you’d see in those conditions. Little walk on the shore (some of the brickwork paths / walls are in a dire state), then time for a look in the tourist shop. The town was absolutely heaving and I couldn’t wait to leave.
3. Firkin Point - free carparking and much quieter, just a few paddleboarders for company. Nice loch view but the rain started so we didn’t linger.
4. We were planning on visiting the viewing tower at Inveruglas Visitor Centre, only to find it was demolished 2025/26.
5. The random spot - we ended up driving further north than we needed. Turning back boyfriend suggested parking in a lay-by as he’d seen a good loch view. A little bit of a scramble through trees, we encountered a family camping on the shore path, so trudged through shrubbery so as not to disturb. A few minutes walk and suddenly we were on a pebbly spit that jutted into the lake. The weather was such that facing one way was grey and raining, the other was blue skies and sunshine. Glad we found it as those are the views that will stay with me.
Was I overwhelmed by the scenery, not really. Did we bother stopping again on the way home, no.
翻译:我不知道自己原本期待什么,但肯定希望能被震撼到。我原以为自己会立刻产生身临苏格兰的感觉,或者被那里的风景惊呆。然而,这一切都没有发生。
我们沿着A82公路行驶,几乎走完了洛奇湖西岸的全程,目的地是因弗拉里。途中我们停下了几次。
1. 鸭子湾——这里有免费的路边停车场,还能欣赏到洛奇湖的景致。不过没什么可看或可做的,我们就简单野餐了一下便离开了。1. 试图重新回到北向的A82公路上,但根本做不到,只好折返回到Stoneymollan环岛,这让我很不爽。
2. 卢斯——收费停车场人满为患,我们差点放弃了,后来才终于找到一个空位。沿着小路很快便走到码头,那里有船可以搭乘。天气不太好,所以不确定在这种条件下能看到什么景象。沿着岸边漫步了一会儿(有些砖砌的小路和围墙状况糟糕),之后便去逛了逛旅游纪念品商店。那个小镇人山人海,我迫不及待想要离开。
3. 菲尔金角——那里有免费的停车场,也安静得多,只有几个划桨板的人在附近。湖景很不错,不过开始下雨了,所以我们没久留。
4. 我们原本计划去因弗鲁格拉斯游客中心的观景塔参观,结果发现它早在2025/26年就已被拆除。
5. 那个随机选定的地点——结果我们开车往北开得比原计划更远。折返时,男友提议把车停在路边的停车带里,因为他看到了一处不错的湖景。在树林中艰难穿行一番后,我们看到有一家人正在湖岸小径上露营,于是我们绕过灌木丛,以免打扰到他们。又走了几分钟,我们突然来到了一处伸入湖中的卵石滩。当时的天气很是奇特:一面是灰暗阴雨,另一面却是晴空万里、阳光灿烂。很高兴我们发现了这个地方,这样的景色定会永远留在我的记忆中。
至于说我被这景色震撼到了吗?倒也谈不上。回家的路上我们又停下来欣赏了吗?也没有。