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Nicholas R

Ugly Incident at Minsmere

RSPB Minsmere的点评

2026年06月05日发布于: 海外

点评：Minsmere is beautiful, but if you're thinking of visiting this RSPB reserve take care you don't mirror our own unpleasant experience. My wife and I paid our entrance fees and set off on the signposted 3 kilometre coastal loop walk. Pausing to visit a bird-hide on the beach section, however, we were stopped by a uniformed RSPB official - a volunteer, I believe - who demanded to know why we didn't have binoculars, an odd query that we laughed off with a "don't have any" joke. However, she was then insistent that we could rent binoculars from the shop, a heavy-sell that came into proper focus when she eventually warned us that we should have paid to be on this walk and access these facilities. Absence of binoculars, it seemed, was a Bad Sign. We explained that we had indeed paid, but were left with the unsettling impression that we were not believed. No apology. No attempt at goodwill. We finished our walk, complained at the desk, and left the reserve feeling angry. A ruined trip. Luckily we then went to nearby Dunwich Heath, run by the National Trust, where volunteers made us welcome and rescued our mood. My advice - take binoculars to Minsmere. Or take your papers.

翻译：明斯米尔风景优美，但如果您打算参观这处皇家鸟类保护协会（RSPB）的保护区，请务必小心，不要重蹈我们的覆辙。我和妻子付了门票，沿着指示牌所示的3公里环形海岸步道出发。然而，当我们在沙滩上的观鸟屋稍作停留时，一位身穿制服的RSPB工作人员——我猜是一位志愿者——拦住了我们，质问我们为什么没有带望远镜。这个问题很奇怪，我们只好笑着回答说“我们没有”。然而，她坚持说我们可以从商店租借望远镜，这种强硬的推销方式最终让我们恍然大悟：她警告我们，我们应该付费才能参加这次徒步活动并使用这些设施。看来，没有望远镜是个不好的兆头。我们解释说我们确实已经付费了，但感觉她根本不相信我们。她没有道歉，也没有表现出任何诚意。我们走完步道，到服务台投诉，然后带着愤怒离开了保护区。一次糟糕的旅行。幸好我们随后去了附近的邓威治荒野（Dunwich Heath），那里由国民信托管理，志愿者们热情地接待了我们，让我们心情好转。我的建议是——去明斯米尔（Minsmere）一定要带望远镜，或者带上你的文件。

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