22 May 2008 →Penzance

(上面海中的小島是St Michael's Mount,退潮時,可從距離朋占斯東邊三英里的Marazion走過去;或漲潮時,可在Marazion搭船前往St Michael's Mount,成人1.5鎊/小孩1.0鎊。)

Piching only remembered R's Hong Kong boyfriend, A said that the remotest corners of the UK must be visited. Thus, Piching planned to reach there by train with Pigen. It's too difficult to reach the remotest corners of the UK on foot. However, it happened on Marilyn and Philip Slater. They spent 12 months to plan it and used 88 days walking from Land's End to John o'Groats!!! It's very impressive!!! By train, it's impossible to reach the remotest corners of the UK. For the UK, the remotest corners of the UK are Land's End and Isle of Skye. For the former one, the train only can drive you to Penzance in the end of South West England Lines. The direct distance between Penzance and Land's End is more than 13km. For Isle of Skye, the train will reach to Mallaig and transfer to a ferry to Isle of Skye. It's weird for the general, the concept of the remotest corners of a place should be the furthest spot people can reach like Shetland Islands in the North and Isles of Scilly in the South.

P青只記得多年前,樓友R的香港男友A說英國的天涯海角一定要去的,所以P青打算這次英國旅遊一定要與P根坐火車遊遍天涯 海角(「走」遍天涯海角太困難,不過倒是有人花了一年計畫,然後用88天從地角(Land's End)走到John o’Groats 喔!詳見瑪莉琳及菲力普‧史雷特的網站), 不過坐火車卻無法實際到達天涯海角,僅能坐到英格蘭西南角終點站的朋占斯,距離地角(蘭茲角)的直線距離至少還有13公里左右;而天涯指的就是天空島(斯開島),坐火車到梅雷格後,還需搭渡輪過海才能到達天涯。如果就一般對於天涯海角的概念,應該會覺得是最遠能抵達的地方,像英國的最北應該是社德蘭群島(Shetland Islands),最南應該是錫利群島(Isles of Scilly)。

從巴斯浴場搭車到布魯斯托後,再轉車到朋占斯,總車程約四小時半。這段路線的中間小站其實都是不錯的玩點,如果時間充裕,可以在英格蘭西南部待上很多天。

Bristol Temple Meads to Plymouth 13:44-15:48
14:17 Taunton
14:29 Tiverton Parkway
14:45 Exeter St Davids
15:04 Newton Abbot
15:17 Totnes

Plymouth to Penzance 15:55-18:07
15:58 Devonport Devon
16:00 Devonport Dockyard
16:02 Keyham
16:04 St Budeaux Ferry Road
16:09 Saltash
16:16 St Germans
16:24 Menheniot
16:30 Liskeard
16:42 Bodmin Parkway
16:47 Lostwithiel
16:54 Par
17:04 St Austell
17:23 Truro
17:36 Redruth
17:42 Camborne
17:49 Hayle
17:53 St Erth


It was the last two days of the UK trip when they travelled to the south west England. Weariness and
discomfort of travel let them give up visiting the Land's End's idea. It was not convenient to have a shower in their hostel. The hostel also couldn't provide or rent a hair dryer for tourists. It caused Piching's cold more serious and her endless cough started again.
不過這次玩到英國西南方時已經是接近旅程尾聲,旅遊的疲憊及身體不適一點也都沒有非踏上地角不可的想法。住的地方YHA洗澡既不方便、又沒有吹風機可供租借,結果讓P青感冒狀況急轉直下,咳嗽不斷的情形又開始了。


[關於住宿]

經過這次的旅遊經驗知道大獲好評的康沃爾(Cornwall)原來是英國西南角的一個郡,而非一個城市,難怪在火車路線圖上找了半天,卻遍尋不著康沃爾。同樣透過Hostelbookers搜尋Cornwall,不過並沒找到在火車站附近的旅舍,只好依照火車路線上會停駛的站名一一搜尋,結果只在朋占斯找到這家YMCA Cornwall Hostel,雙人房兩人共76.44美金(還是一樣的是兩張單人床)。

論旅舍硬體本質上是非常好的,不過如果好好管理,進步空間仍然很多。當天入宿的似乎只有P根、P青及另一對老夫婦。房間的整體家具很舒適、齊全,很適合長期住宿者,不過共用衛浴設備比較麻煩,使用前需於入口處按開關鍵才會有熱水供應,重點是只有短短的十分鐘,P青女生的衛浴設備冷熱控制又有問題,不是過熱就是過冷、無法控制溫度;反倒是男生的設備比較新,可以調解溫度,幸好當天沒有任何人一起共用浴室,洗澡洗到一半熱水自動斷時,還可以跑到入口處再按一次開關。

旅舍很像附近居民的活動中心,所以在規定時間內,會有附近的居民或小孩子來這裡租借用設備,像有人來這裡上網、打Wii、看電視或練團。(上網僅限旅舍裡提供的電腦;練團時是滿吵的。)

往旅舍附近海邊走時,沿路都是溫馨旅舍,而且大都有提供無線上網及早餐,還有背包客聯盟的旅舍也有,建議多找幾個網站搜尋比較住宿資料或到康沃爾郡網站上也可以找到相關訊息。

此旅館並不特別推薦。

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