点评:Ashridge → Ivinghoe Beacon walk – highly recommend!
We clocked 18,500 steps and 10km yesterday from Ashridge Monument to Ivinghoe Beacon. Most of it was easy-going, but the final climb up the Beacon gave us 3 stepped hills with lacy, spiralling chalky paths that really fired up the imagination on the way to the top. Honestly, the climb was worth it.
The view from the top is unreal — full 360°. You can see all the way from Oxford and the Cotswolds in the west, across to Tring, Waddesdon, and Milton Keynes up north. We even picked out Tring Windmill, the churches, and the reservoirs on the way.
Lunch break was perfect timing too. We sat facing east watching the flying school in action — brought back memories of Ken’s flying days — and could see as far as Biggleswade and Cambridgeshire.
Big shoutout to our walk leader Nick Hayes for bringing it all to life with stories about the Chilterns chalk hills, how the glaciers shaped the land, and the unique chalk grassland. Plus we lucked out with a clear day!
If you’re thinking of joining one of these walks, do it. Good exercise, great company, and you learn something new every time.
翻译:阿什里奇 (Ashridge) → 伊文霍灯塔 (Ivinghoe Beacon) 徒步路线——强烈推荐!
昨天我们从阿什里奇纪念碑 (Ashridge Monument) 走到伊文霍灯塔,一共走了 18,500 步,10 公里。大部分路段都很轻松,但最后一段攀登灯塔的路程却颇为刺激,三座山丘蜿蜒曲折,布满盘旋的白垩小径,一路风景如画,令人心旷神怡。说实话,这段攀登之旅绝对值得。
山顶的景色美得令人难以置信——360° 全景尽收眼底。西边可以看到牛津和科茨沃尔德,北边可以看到特林 (Tring)、沃德斯登 (Waddesdon) 和米尔顿凯恩斯 (Milton Keynes)。我们甚至还看到了沿途的特林风车、教堂和水库。
午餐时间也安排得恰到好处。我们面向东方,一边欣赏飞行学校的飞行表演,一边回忆起肯 (Ken) 的飞行岁月,还能远眺比格尔斯韦德 (Biggleswade) 和剑桥郡 (Cambridgeshire)。
特别感谢我们的领队尼克·海耶斯,他用生动的讲解,让奇尔特恩丘陵的白垩山丘、冰川如何塑造了这片土地以及独特的白垩草原,让整个徒步之旅变得无比精彩。而且我们运气真好,那天天气晴朗!
如果你也想参加这样的徒步活动,那就别犹豫了。既能锻炼身体,又能结识志同道合的朋友,而且每次都能学到新知识。