点评:When we arrived on a glorious Sunday in late April there were plenty of parking spaces. The first, well cleaned block of toilets are immediately at the edge of the car park and lots of them. We went to the small cafe inside the garden and, as always, the cost of food is my only gripe. For the £10 we paid, just for two very small bacon baps, we could have had shares in a pig. The whole bill for said baps, a tea and coffee, two pieces of lemon drizzle cake, two waters and two kit kats was ...£30!! A family without the spread out cost of monthly payments for membership would already have paid £40 entrance fee (and we were just a couple for that cafe bill, so probably add another £15 - 20 for 4) Now I personally don't call £80 an easily affordable day out to engage children with a love of nature and preservation. Yes, a picnic is possible, but when children go out their thoughts are turned to freedom to run and play, food and ice cream treats and something from the shop. I really do think NT needs to get its act together and stop being so exclusive. Even historical booklets are a rip off and not the true guides they once were (incidentally I was also charged 5p extra for a paper bag in the NT shop at Penrhyn castle to keep my booklets out of the rain- guess this will be standard across shops)
Gripe over and the garden (no access to the private house) is stunning. The dedication of the gardeners is amazing and not without difficulty on the slopes. We could have wandered for a week. The riot of colour was amazing. The laburnum arch was still to flower, so a treat for visitors to come. I was happy to have such good weather to enjoy the real treat of a garden. I don't think a visitor with the mobility to cope and a love of plants and nature would be disappointed at all.
翻译:当我们在四月下旬一个阳光明媚的星期天到达时,这里有很多停车位。第一个打扫干净的厕所区就在停车场的边缘,而且有很多。我们去了花园里的小咖啡馆,和往常一样,食物的价格是我唯一的抱怨。我们花了 10 英镑,只买了两个非常小的培根面包,我们本可以吃一头猪。上述面包、一杯茶和咖啡、两块柠檬淋面蛋糕、两瓶水和两块奇巧巧克力的总账单是……30 英镑!!一个没有分摊的月费的家庭已经支付了 40 英镑的入场费(而且我们只是一对夫妇,所以 4 个人可能还要再支付 15-20 英镑)现在我个人认为 80 英镑不是一个可以轻易负担得起的让孩子们热爱自然和保护的一日游费用。是的,可以去野餐,但是当孩子们出去时,他们的想法就是自由地奔跑和玩耍,食物和冰淇淋零食以及商店里的东西。我确实认为 NT 需要振作起来,不要那么排他。即使是历史小册子也是骗人的,而不是真正的指南(顺便说一句,我在 Penrhyn 城堡的 NT 商店还额外花了 5 便士买一个纸袋,以防我的小册子被雨淋到——我想这将成为所有商店的标准)
抱怨一下,花园(不能进入私人住宅)令人惊叹。园丁的奉献精神令人惊叹,在斜坡上也并非毫无困难。我们可以漫步一个星期。色彩缤纷令人惊叹。金链花拱门仍未开花,所以游客们来这里是一种享受。我很高兴有这么好的天气来享受花园的真正乐趣。我认为一个行动能力强、热爱植物和自然的游客不会失望。