点评:Visited Gisburn Forest to do a trail walk earlier this week. I wish that I'd read the earlier reviews regarding information for walkers. I agree, don't go here if you want a well signed, peaceful walk with a reasonably priced car park. As you naturally would, we drove to The Gisburn Forest Hub. This is NOT where the walking trails begin. By the time we'd used the toilets (not bad on this occasion), sat out a short rain shower and tried to make sense of the information board, we had used up the free 20 minute period (there's ANPR) and were into the subsequent extortionate rates. Damage done, we decided to walk the Link Trail to to the spot where the walks actually start - Stocks Resevoir Car Park. This is much cheaper than the Hub car park but you'll not see that advertised anywhere. As we'd already committed to a four mile Link Walk, we decided to do a fairly modest trail called Eggbury. It's listed on the information board, it's shown on the trail map but, we tried for about 40 mins to find the start and failed. Gave up and walked back to The Hub. Also, the walking trails aren't exclusive to walkers so there is the hazard of mountain bikers flying past.
As I note, Forestry England have not responded to the previous critical reviews, or attempted in anyway to address the shortcomings, I presume that they don't care about the public enjoying the facility but are happy to continue ripping off unsuspecting members of the public.
There is some lovely walking in this area but avoid this one!
翻译:本周早些时候,我去吉斯伯恩森林徒步。真希望自己能提前看看那些关于徒步路线的评论。我同意:如果你想要一条标识清晰、环境宁静且停车场收费合理的徒步路线,那就别来这里。我们理所当然地开车前往了吉斯伯恩森林中心。但徒步路线其实并不从这里开始。等我们用完洗手间(这次情况还不算糟糕)、躲过一阵短时雨淋,并试图弄懂信息牌上的内容后……我们已经用完了那20分钟的免费时段(那里有自动车牌识别系统),随后就得支付高昂的费用了。既然事情已经无法挽回,我们决定沿着连接步道走到徒步起点——斯托克斯水库停车场。那里的停车费比枢纽停车场便宜得多,但这个信息却 nowhere 被宣传过。由于我们已经决定要完成一段四英里长的连接步道,于是又选了一条名为“埃格伯里”的规模较小的步道。这条步道虽列在信息牌上,也在步道地图上有所标注,不过……我们花了大约40分钟试图找到起点,但未能成功。最后只好放弃,走回The Hub。此外,这些步行道并非仅供步行者使用,因此还有山地自行车手飞速掠过的危险。
正如我所提到的,英格兰林业局对以往的那些负面评价毫无回应,也丝毫没有试图改进不足之处。我推测他们并不在乎公众能否好好享受这些设施,只乐意继续欺骗那些毫无防备的民众来敛财罢了。这个地区有一些很不错的徒步路线,但千万别走这一条!