Take water, decent walking boots and walking stick
Craigellachie National Nature Reserve的点评
点评:We googled a good place to see golden eagles and this place came up. In maps we were less than 5 minutes away so we decided to give it a go. We parked in the youth hostel carpark and used their toilet before entering the nature reserve.
We wasn’t expecting the walk to be so difficult. It was a challenging terrain and a lot longer walk than we were expecting. We should have done our research. I had left my walking stick in the car and our bottled water.
We finally got to a sign which said viewpoint to the left or way out to the left. We saw someone coming down from the viewpoint and asked them how much further the viewpoint was. We were told at least another 40 minute walk uphill, Double that for me, so we decided to go to the way out. Which was another 40 mins walk but pass two lochs. We didn’t see any birds other than a couple of mallards. We didn’t watch a snake slithering away. We tried to get a photos but too difficult in the grass. It was a nice walk, but would recommend people taking a walking stick especially if have difficulty with mobility or bad knees. Also take bottled water with you. Allow for at least 2-3 hours if you want to go up to the viewpoint too.
翻译:我们在谷歌上搜索观赏金雕的好地方,结果搜到了这里。地图显示我们离这里不到5分钟路程,所以决定去看看。我们把车停在青年旅舍的停车场,用了他们的洗手间,然后才进入自然保护区。
我们没想到这段路这么难走。地形崎岖,而且比我们预想的要长得多。我们应该事先做好功课的。我的登山杖和瓶装水都忘在车里了。
我们终于走到一个路牌前,上面写着左边是观景点,左边是出口。我们看到有人从观景点下来,就问他观景点还有多远。对方告诉我们至少还要走40分钟上坡路,对我来说要走两倍的时间,所以我们决定走出口。出口也要走40分钟,但会经过两个湖。除了几只绿头鸭,我们没看到其他鸟。也没看到蛇溜走。我们想拍照,但草丛太密,很难拍到。这是一次不错的徒步旅行,但建议行动不便或膝盖不好的人带上拐杖。还要带上瓶装水。如果想去观景台,至少要预留2-3个小时。