点评:What can we say about visiting Chris at Garths Croft!! A life-affirming experience because Chris is such an excellent, knowledgeable host, it really brings living on Shetland alive.
His insight into the many aspects that makes Shetland such a wonderful place to visit is next to none. He made both of us feel incredibly at home with a warm welcome and showing us around his wonderful croft. His ability to tailor what the experience contains to our particular interests definitely give him that unique ability to make the most of any visit - he knows so much about the daily life of Shetlanders, the history of the area and the natural abundance of beauty that the island holds. Meeting his flock of Shetland Sheep was a real highlight especially since it was lambing season, but coupled with a good understanding of how he produces his own food and fleece, and a keen understanding of his stewardship for his land profoundly inspired the both of us. One of us was quite taken with his old Massey tractor while the other was impressed with his fair Isle knitting using his own wool.
On top of which we then got taken to see some of the natural and historically highlights on Bressay - Chris knows everything there is to know about most of this landscape, and happily fielded all of our questions. It so good to have someone with so much knowledge about a place when you're visiting somewhere for the first time, it adds such a unique insight that we would have never got on our own.
Thank you so much for your time we could have spent the whole day listening to everything you had to say, and hope that the summer season and beyond goes well at Garths Croft, and we can't wait to return some day.
翻译:拜访克里斯在加斯农场的住所,我们该如何形容这次经历呢!克里斯是一位热情好客、知识渊博的主人,他让我们真切地感受到设得兰群岛的生活气息。
他对设得兰群岛的方方面面都了如指掌,这让我们对这片土地有了更深刻的了解。他热情地欢迎我们,并带我们参观了他美丽的农场,让我们感觉宾至如归。他能够根据我们的兴趣爱好量身定制行程,这无疑让他拥有了让每次拜访都精彩纷呈的独特能力——他对设得兰岛居民的日常生活、当地的历史以及岛上丰富的自然美景都了如指掌。与他饲养的设得兰绵羊群见面是此行的一大亮点,尤其是在羔羊出生的季节。此外,他对如何自给自足地生产食物和羊毛,以及他对土地的悉心照料,都深深地感染了我们。我们中的一位对他的老式马西拖拉机很感兴趣,而另一位则对他用自家羊毛编织的费尔岛毛衣赞不绝口。
除此之外,我们还参观了布雷塞岛上一些自然和历史名胜——克里斯对这片土地了如指掌,他乐于解答我们所有的问题。对于初次到访某个地方的人来说,能有这样一位知识渊博的人在身边真是太好了,这让我们获得了许多独特的见解,这是我们自己永远无法获得的。
非常感谢您抽出时间,我们真想花一整天的时间聆听您的讲解。祝愿加斯克罗夫特庄园的夏季及以后一切顺利,我们期待着再次光临。