歐洲的7.8月很誘人之---健走行－Wagamama就是不想在框框裡

以前在台灣...每逢7.8月時,等歐洲客人回覆e-mail是一件苦差事..

因為總是"等無人"..為啥呢?

因為歐洲難得的陽光及歐洲才有的超長年度特休....總是讓我們這些

薪水money 少少..又工時超長的亞洲人恨到骨子裡...

因為打電話去....總是回覆...he is on the vacation....will come back next "month"

不是next week哦~~~

在這邊...終於給我等到了...

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7.8的英國sale季..及渡假週...由於G先生的現有的客戶也服務到一段落....

G先生的主管還叫G先生應該去放放年假..免得到時跟X'MAS的假..會超過一個月...

猶記我以前的主管..要放假時...才一天...假髮伯即回:那工作交待的都沒有問題吧~~

我就想..貴公司沒有我一天應該也不會倒吧..

Anyway.....

8/19---去健走爬山了約4hr (Baslow Edges--Moorland and Monuments)

8/24--&8/25--去了劍橋及近郊露營(距離上次我的露營經驗大概是12年前)

8/26--8/27--英國倫敦及vist在reading的朋友及spitalfields市場..etc..

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這一篇...就來給你們看看8/19之行吧~~

8/18日時..我就在想吃什麼好..就自行包了一個"異國米飯捲"...G先生呢..

就給我在身邊給我在開他的廣東歌演唱會.....

好啦..G先生確認天氣說..明天會下雨...

G先生即客回過頭來很認真的問我....是否"風雨無阻"...

我即刻回答: 是否還有選擇餘地??(我想死在山上應該是最後最壞的選擇吧).反正有人陪~~

隔日...賴床成性..的我...G先生三催四請的叫我起來....

結果還在煩惱有什麼可以WEAR的我...(當時..G先生不斷叫我帶小可愛之類的衣服過來...

這下好啦...秋天的衣服到是沒有幾件...結果..最後我WEAR了一件G先生的..T恤...

這下兩人一看...活像...斷背山的..二人...

我們呢,反正時間也不敢...順路一路逛一逛

到了一個一鎮..叫BACKWELL的城鎮,這個城鎮跟一般的城鎮的景色不太一樣

總覺得這個城鎮的房子的人跟氣質就不一樣..老人越多的地方..其實

房價跟居住品質就越好..因為..他們老到不會開party.講話聲音又不大

沒事就走到花園裡..看看花...

房屋的設置太部份是用黑色及淡褐色磚頭相接的..

果真...車子三點鐘方向一看...是個BMW

六點鐘方向一看是SAAB..九點鐘方向一看是一隻類似PUMA的獸叫JAGUAR..

這個還有很有名的 bakewell pudding

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接著到了我們的目的地...baslow edges--

剛開始走了一段...大約是台北車站==>東門到西門出口<==的距離...沒有想到

這個G先生語帶抱歉的回頭說..不是這一條...聽到我的腳都軟了..

更何況..我最近:"頻尿"的問題可嚴重了...膀胱可受不太大的打擊．．．這時"尿意"又上了心頭

郊外也只能...就地解決...

尿一來..什麼也不管了..怎知...地面上雜草長到我一脫褲子...蹲下去..

就...紮到...那兒了...(我的小妹妹)我想說的是..這個草..很硬..

終於知道--男性之鳥..被硬物紮到的痛...

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一路上其實風景及美景視野廣闊...還有一些故事的源頭可以追溯...

Follow the path around to the left, where you will meet the main track again. Take a short detour left on the wide track and head towards the large rock sat on its own. This is the Eagle stone, and it is a strong part of local folklore. The name is believed to come from Egglestone or 'witches stone'. The local legend states that the women would not entertain a proposal of marriage until the young man in question had demonstrated his prowess by climbing the stone. This would apparently favour the couple with the witches. It is also said that the eagle stone turns around at cock crow. This myth may have come about from ancient times when prehistoric man used the prominent rocks on the skyline for astronomical alignments, with time the complexities of astronomy have been converted by folklore to this simple saying.

Of the two paths south from the Eagle stone, follow the left hand one, at an angle to the main north south route. This will take you to the first of the walks man made monuments. This is a stone cross on the edge of the valley, dedicated to the Duke of Wellington. The monument is inscribed 'Wellington Born 1769 Died 1852. Erected 1866 by E.M. Wrench late of 34th Regiment'. There are good views across the valley towards Gardom's Edge and the second monument of the day, Nelson's monument.

From Wellingtons monument, follow the track in an easterly direction as it follows the top of the valley. This path follows the edge of the valley below, and skirts the edge of Eaglestone Flats on the left. Just before the track passes into the enclosed moorland, you pass the remains of a Bronze Age burial site. In, under and around the stone features on the moorland have been discovered 15 human cremations. Some have been placed in pots in pits in the ground. These pot burials may have been imported from other cremation sites in other areas. Other remains include funeral pits with burnt sides. The site itself was discovered by accident when a new drainage ditch was being dug on the moor.