苏格兰可能不会因为它的蓝天和温暖气候而闻名- Scotland may not be renowned for its blue skies and warm weather -
但有的时候度假者会蜂拥前去苏格兰海岸寻找阳光 but there was a time when holiday makers flocked to Scottish beaches in search of sunshine.
在廉价航空以及组团前往 Long before the era of cheap flights
哥斯达黎加日晒之旅出现的很久之前 and package holidays to the Costa del Sunburn,
大多数苏格兰人是在苏格兰海边度夏的 most Scots spent their summers at the Scottish seaside.
在这里 像划浆这样的简单乐事是风尚 Here, simple pleasures like paddling were the order of the day,
一路沿着东海岸 and all along the east coast,
形成了极有人气的度假地 hugely popular resorts developed
个个都鼓吹有最美的沙滩或是最暖的气候 where each boasted the finest sands or the hottest weather.
至少 他们宣称如此 At least, that's what they claimed.
本系列中 In this series,
我将重溯一些早期到苏格兰浏览的游客的路线 I'm retracing the routes taken by some of the early tourists to Scotland.
早在1820年 出版商们就开始印刷旅行指南 From as early as 1820, publishers began producing tourist guide books
而布莱克之美景指南是最早期版本之一 and Black's Picturesque Guide was one of the first.
维多利亚时期出版的其中一卷已存放于我家数代 A copy of this wonderful Victorian volume has been in my family for generations.
我们外出度假时它总是在我父亲的车里 It was always kept in my father's car when we went on holiday.
现如今 我将令其书页再度指引着我进行苏格兰的六次盛大之旅 Now, I'm letting its pages guide me again on my six Grand Tours of Scotland.
一路之上 我还将参照些早期旅行者们的 On the road, I'll also be dipping into the notes and jottings
笔记和随笔来了解他们的经历 of some early travellers to hear about their experiences.
这一次 我将寻找苏格兰境内最阳光灿烂的地方 This time, I'm looking for the sunniest place in Scotland.
如果旅行指南可信的话 应该可在东海岸这儿找到 And if the guide books are to be believed, it's to be found here on the east coast.
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我苏格兰盛大之旅的最后一集中 我将从 The last journey of my Grand Tour of Scotland takes me from the shores
泰河湾的河岸沿着东海岸蜿蜒前去阿伯丁 of the Firth of Tay zigzagging along the east coast to Aberdeen.
为了体现度假精神 为了追逐阳光 To capture the holiday spirit, and to chase the sun,
我选择了一种非常契合心境的交通工具-莫里斯牌迷你车 I've chosen a conveyance to put me in the mood - a Morris Minor.
这种车集合了一个时代的风尚- A car that sums up the style of an era -
现代的度假体验超越了布莱克旅行指南所 when modern holiday tastes overtook the more sedate pleasures
提倡的更为恬静的快乐 suggested by Black's old guide book.
在维多利亚时代 Back in Victorian times,
最出乎一个去苏格兰游玩的旅客意料之外的莫过于明媚阳光了 the very last thing a tourist would have expected from a visit to Scotland was sunshine.
多山的景色 荒废的城堡 这些有 Rugged scenery, ruined castles, yes.
挑战人的天气 那是一定有的 Challenging weather, well, definitely.
为了健康在海里游游泳? A dip in the briny for the good of your health?
可能吧 - 只有在你穿着得体的时候 Well, possibly - but only if you were suitably attired.
但在布莱克那个年代没有人会曾想过 But no-one in Black's day would have ever considered
要将赤裸裸的皮肤暴露于阳光下 exposing their naked flesh to the sun.
所以要了解这些更保守的寻乐者们是如何 So to find out how these more modest pleasure-seekers
在海边打发时光的 spent their time at the seaside,
我便来到了卡诺斯蒂这儿 I've come here to Carnoustie.
如今 这个镇子最出名的是它的高尔夫场地- Today, this town is most famous for its golf course -
但在布莱克那个时代 海滩是它的主要景点 but back in Black's day, the beach front was its main attraction
我的旅行指南描述它为很有前途的度假胜地 and my guide book describes it as an up-and-coming resort.
"卡诺斯蒂作为日渐兴旺的海边地区 在它的 "Carnoustie is a rising watering place of about a thousand
海岸上有1千户居民" "inhabitants situated on the shore".
这里便是人们撇开在邓迪的工厂 This is where people came for a break
和黄麻纤维厂里工作时的繁文琐事来休息的地方 from the harsh routine of work in the factories and jute mills of Dundee.
是一个充电的地方 A place to recharge the batteries.
为何不呢? And why not?
要找到卡诺斯蒂的主要景点是什么 我见着了当地的历史学家菲奥纳·萨劳 To find out what Carnoustie's star attractions were, I'm meeting local historian Fiona Scharlau.
菲奥纳 以前来卡诺斯蒂度假的游客们 Fiona, what kind of activities were available to holiday-makers
能有哪些活动? coming to Carnoustie in the old days?
哦 有很多 Oh, there was a great deal.
如果你七月或八月任何一天来 望向我们身后的海滩 If you, on any given day of July and August, looked out on the beach behind us,
就会看到黑压压一片的游客们 you would see the place absolutely black with visitors
坐在海滩上享受细沙 just sitting on the beach just enjoying the sand,
进行野餐 用游泳更衣车来换上得体的泳衣后去游泳 having picnics, using the bathing machines to modestly change into their swimsuits to go swimming.
只是传统的夏日海边活动 Just traditional summer seaside activities.
特别是他们还可欣赏到露天的皮埃洛秀 In particular, they would enjoy the open-air, alfresco Pierrot shows as well.
-皮埃洛秀 那是什么? -皮埃洛是位表演者 他们采用的风格 -A Pierrot show. What's that? -Pierrot is an entertainer. The style they adopted
是身着传统的意大利式喜剧服装 was to dress up in the traditional Italian Commedia dell'Arte Pierrot outfit.
大大的白色的小丑服装配上环状领 The big, white clown outfits and the big ruffs.
实际上 他们将音乐带出了音乐厅而置于海滩上 In effect, they were bringing the music hall out of the music hall and on to beach fronts,
在临时舞台上 一天当中有两到三场演出 in very makeshift stages and there'd be two or three shows a day
表演的都是喜剧小品 and it would be full of comic sketches, sing-along songs
以及随同他们一起的歌手们表演的合唱 and turns from the good singers that they would have along with them.
因此说有适合家庭每个成员的娱乐 真的 So there's something here for everybody in the family, really.
他们非常受欢迎 人们蜂拥前去看他们表演 They were incredibly popular. People would flock to see them
而各家报纸也会在一年中的其它时候跟踪报道他们 and the newspapers would follow their exploits for the rest of the year.
他们是镇子上的明星 They were stars in the borough.
-皮埃洛剧团是那个时候的明星 但那个传统怎么变了? -是的 他们的确是 -Pierrots are a thing of the past and what happened to that tradition? -Yes, they are.
-为什么消失了? -我想只是因为趣味变了 趣味总是在变 -Why did it disappear? -I think it's just tastes change. Tastes change all the time.
他们来自的那个音乐厅 滑稽剧院 The music hall that they came from, Vaudeville,
他们来自的那个传统在上世纪20年代便开始没落了 the tradition that they came from started to become less popular in the 1920s
很多滑稽表演和音乐剧演出都是苦苦地在生存线上挣扎 and many of the Vaudeville acts and musical hall acts were struggling to really make a living.
显然人们更喜欢去跳舞 People preferred to go to dances, apparently,
而在那个时候 电影院开始站稳脚跟了 and the cinema, by this time, was really beginning to take hold.
所以只是兴趣变了 It's just that tastes changed.
最大变化之一发生在海滩自身 And one of the biggest changes was happening on the beach itself.
维多利亚时代的关于谦虚端庄的价值和观念被视为过时了 Victorian values and ideas about modesty was seen as out-dated.
上世纪二十和三十年代 一个新道德准则出现了 And in the 1920s and '30s, a new morality emerged.
像卡诺斯蒂这里的海滩都见证了苏格兰的度假者们 Beaches like this one in Carnoustie saw Scottish holiday-makers
做出了在布莱克之时代绝想象不出的事情 doing something that would have been inconceivable in Black's day.
人们穿着少之又少的衣服 晒太阳! 想想看! People in scanty swimming costumes, sunbathing! Imagine!
苏格兰的各个度假地竞相要说服度假客们 Scottish resorts competed with each other to convince holiday-makers
他们的海滩是最棒的 他们的海是最暖的 他们的阳光是最眩的 that their beaches were the best, their sea, the warmest and their sun, the sunniest.
印出了海报也创出了标语 Posters were produced and catchphrases coined.
"卡诺斯蒂 享受健康与快乐!" "Carnoustie for health and happiness!",
"格文-大西洋之度假地" "Girvan - the Atlantic resort",
"阳光灿烂阿布罗斯" "Arbroath for sunshine",
甚至坎贝尔镇 称为半岛度假地? and even Campbelltown, the, um, peninsular resort?
要了解这种营销苏格兰海边村镇的热潮是怎么发生的 To find out how this craze for selling Scotland's seaside towns came about,
我捎上了约翰·戈尔德教授 I'm giving a lift to Professor John Gold...
你好 很高兴见到你 Hello. Good to see you.
他是旅游业方面的专家 '..who's an expert on tourism.'
约翰 这种标语口号有历史了 是不是? John, there's a history for this kind of sloganising, is there not?
是的 镇子在扩大 There is. Towns were growing.
不清楚谁会比其它地方做得好 It wasn't clear who was going to do better than anywhere else
所以他们就得努力用标语来吸引人 so they tried to attract people with slogans.
苏格兰境内开始兴建铁路线和铁路网 The railways started to develop their lines and their networks more in Scotland.
有非常精致的海报 You had very fine posters.
他们有漂亮的海报 我见过 They've got fabulous posters. I've seen them.
他们请了很棒的艺术家来设计 用了高质量色彩 They hired good artists to design them. They were high-quality colour.
因此它是飞溅的色彩 一种奇特的东西 So it was a splash of colour, a splash of something exotic
你可以跳上一列火车便可到达奇特的地方 比如卡诺斯蒂 或阿布罗斯 and you could hop on a train and go somewhere exotic like Carnoustie or Arbroath
或蒙特罗斯 它们都有标语 or Montrose and they all came up with a catchphrase.
布洛替法瑞自称为"苏格兰的布莱顿" Broughty Ferry called itself, "The Brighton of Scotland"
而奈恩自称为"北方布莱顿" and Nairn called itself, "The Brighton of the North".
同样的称谓 是的 你不能给这些标语上版权 The same claim. That's right. Well, you couldn't copyright these slogans
所以一旦有个地方用上了 其它地方也可用 so once one place had them, anywhere could have them.
如果你自称为"北方的比亚里茨" If you called yourself, "The Biarritz of the North",
其他人可能也会自称为同样的名 someone else might call themselves the same thing.
他们只要看到了 就可以马上这么称呼自己 A soon as they saw it, they could call themselves that immediately.
或称"更靠北些些的比亚里茨" 是的 Or, "The Biarritz of the wee bit further North." Yes.
要确保你不会和竞争者们有太大差距 It was making sure you weren't at a serious disadvantage with your competitors.
所以如果对手做了什么 你会觉得也得做什么 So if the competitors were doing it, you felt you had to do it.
你认为阳光可曾是苏格兰假日的一个明显卖点? Do you think sunshine ever featured as a significant selling point for a holiday in Scotland?
绝对是的 不需要那么精确 Absolutely, it did. It doesn't have to be that accurate.
你是要将映像卖给民众 You're trying to sell an image to people.
这些营销似乎起了作用 These campaigns certainly seemed to work and the railways
铁路载来了大批的搜寻着明媚阳光的度假者 carried huge numbers of holiday-makers in search of the sun.
我旅程的下一站在布里金 The next stop on my Grand Tour is Brechin,
在那里我将踏上"阳光特快"号 where I'm going to hop aboard the Sunshine Express.
这里是布里金站 原本在上世纪60年代关闭了 This is Brechin station. Originally closed in the 1960s,
后来由一群铁路爱好者们重新开放了 it was reopened by a group of railway enthusiasts
他们运营的是四英里的铁道且骄傲地称之为 who run trains on four miles of track they proudly call
"古苏格兰铁道" the "Caledonian Railway".
-早上好 -哦 早上好 先生 -Good morning. -Oh, good morning, sir.
-给我来张去邓斯的单程票好吗? -好的 价格是一个先令 -Could I have a single to Duns, please? -Yes, that will be one shilling.
谢谢 Thank you.
仅仅蒸汽的嘶嘶声和空气中的一股煤烟 Just the hiss of steam and a waft of coal smoke in the air
就足以调动起任何人的假日情绪 is enough to put anyone in the holiday mood.
我正要去做一件只在小时候梦想过的事情 I'm about to do something I only ever dreamed of doing as a child.
就是踩在踏板上去那儿再返回 And that's to ride on the footplate there and back again.
这便是数万人如何开始他们的假日的 This is how tens of thousands of people would have started their holidays.
从村镇和城市一直行到海岸 Travelling from the towns and cities down to the coast.
站在最前面真是相当刺激 And it's a real thrill to be riding up front.
这四英里长的铁轨 These four miles of track
是曾经连接着整个东海岸铁路线仅存的一段 are all that remain of a rail network that once connected the whole of the east coast.
如今 这里是铁路线终点 Today, this is the end of the line.
邓恩桥 Bridge of Dun.
前不着村后不着店的这个小站所取得的大名声源于 The great claim to fame of this little station in the middle of nowhere,
它的皇室关联 is its Royal connections.
在这段铁路线仍联结着国家铁路网的年代 Back in the days when this line was connected to the national rail network,
载着维多利亚女王的皇家列车会在这儿过夜 the Royal train carrying Queen Victoria would spend the night here.
很显然 皇室人员在移动的列车上睡觉会觉得不安全 Apparently, the Royal personage didn't feel safe sleeping aboard a moving train -
所以得暂停一下 火车会进入站台前方些的侧轨 so to break the journey, the train would pull into a siding just beyond the platform
这样在继续她前往巴尔莫勒尔的旅程前可以合合眼 so she could get some shut-eye before continuing on her Royal way to Balmoral.
为了挡住窥探女王的目光 给种上了一排树 To screen the Queen from prying eyes, a line of trees were planted
它们还在这儿! and they're still here!
它是活生生的和维多利亚旅游的黄金年代相联的纽带 A living link to the golden age of Victorian travel.
起初 我乘坐的这条线路会 Originally, the line I've been travelling on would have gone
直达海边 幸运的话 甚至赶上大晴天 all the way to the sea and if you were lucky, perhaps even the sun.
我将回到车上前往海岸 I'm going to have to get back in the car to head for the coast
我的下一站- and my next destination -
蒙特罗斯 Montrose.
如果你相信书上写的 And if you believe what you read,
这里确是东海岸的阳光之都 this is the real sunshine capital of the east coast.
这本可爱的五十年代的小册子表明了几件事 This attractive brochure from the 1950s suggests several things to me.
封面上 有两位可爱的女士正沐浴着灿烂阳光 On the front cover, we've got two lovely ladies basking in glorious sunshine
她们身着泳装在海滩上休息 as they relax in their swimming costumes on the beach.
她们看上去相当吸引人 They look really sophisticated.
册子里面声称 科学已毋庸质疑地证明了 Inside, it claims that science has proved beyond all doubt
蒙特罗斯的确称得上阳光之都 that Montrose deserves the sunshine crown.
我想 这是真的吗? Can this still be true, I wonder?
或者说 曾是真的吗? Or in fact, was it ever true?
要了解清楚 我在海滩上见到了气象学家本·布洛克 To find out, I'm meeting up with meteorologist Ben Brock on the beach.
本 今天的气温如何? Ben, what's the temperature today?
-现在的气温是14.5度 -就只这样? 令人失望啊 -The temperature right now is just 14.5 degrees. -Is that all? That's disappointing.
蒙特洛斯还夸口自己是苏格兰最阳光灿烂最温暖的地方呢 And yet, Montrose boasts that it has the sunniest and the warmest weather in Scotland.
苏格兰最阳光灿烂的部位在哪儿还不太清楚 It's a little bit unclear where the sunniest part of Scotland is.
苏格兰在世界范围内不算是最多日照的- Scotland is not a particularly sunny part of the world -
所以就全球来看 说苏格兰哪儿阳光明媚不算是特别明媚 so saying somewhere is sunny for Scotland is not, on a global scale, particularly sunny.
-在夏季数月中 蒙特罗斯每天可能有5个半小时的日照 -哦 -During the summer months, Montrose could probably expect 5.5 hours of sunshine per day. -Right.
苏格兰东边一带 从蒙特洛斯的南面到洛锡安是苏格兰最多日照的地区 This eastern strip of Scotland from Montrose south to Lothian is the sunniest part of Scotland.
客观地说它们属于苏格兰最多日照的地带? It's legitimate to say they belong to the sunniest strip in Scotland?
对的 和苏格兰其它大部地区相比 它阳光充足些 That's right. Compared to most of the rest of Scotland, it's relatively sunny.
我有些怀疑 苏格兰的天气变糟糕了 I've got a suspicion that the weather in Scotland has got worse,
因为似乎比我所记得的小时候的天气要糟 那时我到处跑 在海里游泳 cos it seems a lot worse than I remember as a kid when I was running around swimming in the sea.
实际上正相反 根据统计数据 Actually, it's the opposite. According to all the statistics,
一直监测着天气的所有气象站 all the weather stations that have been monitoring the weather,
都说天气变好了 变得更暖和也更多日照 tell us the weather is better. It's warmer and it's getting sunnier.
可怎么我不能相信呢? But I wouldn't have believed them? Why not?
没人相信! Nobody believes it!
我想那是因为孩童时期快乐记忆的作用 I think that's because of this effect of the happy memories from childhood.
你会倾向于记得那些海滩上快乐的阳光灿烂的日子 那些无忧无虑的日子 You tend to remember those happy, sunny days at the beach, those carefree days.
而不大会记得下雨天 You tend to remember less the rainy days
而在过去十年中 and in the last ten years,
苏格兰东海岸平均每年增加了40个小时的日照 the east coast of Scotland has got on average 40 hours more of sunshine per year.
不 我不相信! 我没注意到 No. I don't believe that! I've not noticed it.
我想那个时候我肯定是在度假! I think I must have been on holiday when that happened!
算起来一年多40小时平均下来就是一天将近多六分钟 40 hours a year might only amount to an average of about six minutes extra sunshine a day.
但总好过没有 But every little helps.
向北去的路上我开始感到有点饿了- As I head north I begin to feel a bit peckish -
要享受阳光 还有什么是比一个野餐更好的方式呢 and what better way to enjoy the sunshine than a picnic.
啊! 面包房的香味 Ah! The smell of a real bakery.
我停下来选块东海岸的美食 'So I'm stopping off to pick up an east coast delicacy.'
-给我来块肉馅饼 好吗? -好 没问题 -Can I have a bridie, please? -Yes, you could.
因为它们真的很特别 非常特别 我认为是 Cos they are really quite unique. Very special, I think.
是啊 看看哪 太大个了 不是么? Yeah. Look at that. It's absolutely magnificent, isn't it?
真是艺术品 是的 That's a real work of art. Yeah.
-我带上它来个小野餐 -太对了 好好享受吧 -I'll take that with me for a wee picnic. -Quite right. You enjoy it.
非常感谢 别客气 谢谢 谢谢了 再见 再见 Thanks very much. You're welcome. Cheers, now. Cheerio. Bye. Bye-bye.
我的午餐好好地放在后座上 With my lunch safely stashed on the back seat,
我开始长途进发凯恩山和它的绝妙风景 I begin the long climb towards the Cairn O'Mount and its spectacular views.
是时候让我的小破车经受换速考验了 Time to put my jalopy through its paces.
你得要换档... 这便是爬山要的技术 You've got to change gear... This is what hill-climbing is all about.
哦 天哪 Oh, dear.
我们似乎停住了 And we seem to have stopped.
这里便是体验开阔路段乐事的地方了 This is the place to experience the delights of the open road -
回到以前车不太可靠 路也不太好走的时候 back when cars were less reliable and roads had more character.
驾车的人喜欢艰难爬山路的挑战 Drivers enjoyed the challenge of a difficult hill-climb,
期间有险弯和许多换档 involving hairpin bends and lots of gear changes.
对于这样的一辆旧车和我这样的老司机来说 这条路真是个挑战 This is a real challenge, this road. For an old car like this and for an old driver like me.
根据"苏格兰驾车行" 1957年出版的这本指南 According to Motoring In Scotland, a guide published in 1957,
"喜欢有挑战性山路的开车的人会发现凯恩山" "Motorists who enjoy sporting hills will find Cairn O'Mount
对于车和驾驶人来说都是巨大的考验 "a grand test for both car and driver,
当然在这处沼地的最高处所感受到的 "while the air and the view obtainable on the summit
空气和风景也很是提神 激动人心的 "of this lofty moorland are invigorating and inspiring".
这里是野餐的绝佳之所 This is a perfect place to have picnic
从这儿可极目远望 下面的海岸便是蒙特罗斯 and the views from here go on for ever. Down on the coast is Montrose.
天际处隐约可见到法夫半岛海岸 On the horizon, you can just make out the coast of Fife.
但我将向北再折向东去往斯通黑文 But I'll be heading north and east to Stonehaven,
我希望在那里能和太阳来个约会 where I have a rendezvous with the sun, I hope.
但去之前我得吃完我的肉馅饼 But not before I've eaten my bridie.
太棒了! Excellent!
至30年代 海边旅游业方兴未艾 人人都想体验一番 By the 1930s, seaside tourism was booming and everybody wanted in on the act.
我将前去的这个镇子-斯通黑文 已成功地 I'm heading for a town that very successfully reinvented itself
将自己重塑为旅游麦加圣地 它不经意地声称 as tourist Mecca, Stonehaven, which incidentally claims
自己是东海岸最明媚的地方! 惊奇啊惊奇 to be the sunniest place on the east coast! Surprise, surprise.
在布莱克的那个年代 这里是不出名的渔村 Now in Black's day, this was an unremarkable fishing village,
我的指南书上所写的也没什么好话 and my guide book is actually rather unflattering.
"关于镇子本身 "About the town itself,
没什么好说的 它座落在一漂亮海湾处 "there is very little to say. It is situated on a fine bay,
但是鲱鱼加工对于游客们来说没什么吸引力" "though the curing of herrings is not always attractive to visitors".
腌鱼的气味可能有悖于维多利亚人的感性 The smell of kippers might have offended Victorian sensibilities,
但到了30年代 一个现代现象 but by the 1930s a phenomenon of the modern age
使斯通黑文的财富和名声改头换面 had transformed Stonehaven's fortunes and reputation.
一个室外加热型的游泳池 A heated, outdoor swimming pool.
带着艺术装饰之荣耀的它还在 And it's still here in all its Art Deco glory.
作为已逝年代的幸存者 斯通黑文泳池在 A survivor from a bygone age, Stonehaven pool continues to attract
其建成后的80年中一直吸引着一位热衷者 an enthusiastic following eight decades after it was built.
户外游泳是于20及30年代横扫欧洲之健康和塑身热潮的一部分 Outdoor swimming was part of the health and fitness craze that swept Europe during the '20s and '30s.
这些当时所称为露天泳池的设计 反映了当时的装饰艺术风潮 The design of these "lidos" as they were often called, reflected the Art Deco fashion of the times.
在整个30年代 斯通黑文的加热型泳池 Throughout the 1930s, Stonehaven's heated pool attracted
在假日里吸引了数十万人次洗浴者和日光浴者 tens of thousands of bathers and sun-seekers during the holidays.
我见到了肯尼·麦凯 在孩童时他在这儿学会了游泳 I've come to meet Kenny Mackay who learned to swim here as a boy
现如今已80多岁的他仍是泳池的常客 and who, now in his 80s, is still a regular visitor to the pool.
肯尼 你第一次来泳池是什么时候? Kenny, when did you first come to the pool?
第一次是在1934年开张时 I first came when it opened in 1934.
我奶奶住这儿附近 所以她带着我来参加泳池开幕式 My granny lived up here, so she took me to the opening of the pool.
-1934年! -是的 -自那以后你就一直来这儿? -1934! -Yes. -And you've been coming here ever since?
是的 一年没落 有78年了 Yes. I've never missed a year. 78 years.
我每年必来 事实上我在这儿当救生员干了五年 I come up every year. In fact, for five years, I worked as a lifeguard here.
那真是种毕生的关系 So it's been a lifelong relationship, really.
是的 我在40年代赢得我的首枚苏格兰游泳和十米台跳水奖牌 It has. I won my first Scottish medal in swimming and 10 metre diving in the '40s.
我参加了很多世界锦标赛-加拿大 美国 日本 澳大利亚 I've been all round the world winning championships - Canada, America, Japan, Australia.
得了6个世界冠军 打破了10项世界纪录 Six world championships and 10 world records.
真了不起 That's amazing.
在苏格兰赢得的最后一枚奖牌是在2008年 And I won my last Scottish medal in 2008.
一切其实都始于这个泳池子 And it all started really because of this pool.
-是的 我已经游完了6000多公里 -什么 在那个泳池里? -是的 -Yes. I've done 4,000 miles swimming. -What, in that pool? -Yes.
好了 肯尼 我想对于游泳对健康的益处 Well, Kenny, I think you're a fantastic advertisement
你是个绝佳的广告 for the health benefits of swimming.
你能描绘一下这个泳池在全盛时期是个什么样子的吗? Can you paint a picture of what this pool would have been like during its heyday?
这里是斯通黑文的社交中心 This was the social hub for Stonehaven.
有将近两千人 You had about 2,000 people.
人们通常会来这儿整天 他们会带上野餐 People used to come for the whole day. They brought picnics.
每周都会有跳水 游泳 各种竞赛 比如凸膝盖... Each week they had diving, swimming, competitions, knobbly knees...
漂亮奶奶 以及我参加评判的斯通黑文小姐竞赛 glamorous grannies, Miss Stonehaven which I had to judge.
-你得做评判? -是的 -You had to do that? -Yes, yes.
那比凸膝盖竞赛要受欢迎得多 That was more popular than the knobbly knees contest.
我参与评判的有斯通黑文小姐竞赛但没有凸膝盖竞赛! Well, I judged the Miss Stonehaven but I didn't do the knobbly knees!
这儿还有午夜洗浴 晚上10点到12点经常挤满了人 You had midnight bathing here which was always packed from 10 o'clock to 12 o'clock
每次我会做个15分钟的跳水表演 and each time I used to do a 15-minute diving display.
真是有着优雅和自信的人 看哪 That's a man of grace and poise. Look at that.
-是的 但那是简单跳水动作 -还只是简单动作?! -Yes, but that's the simple dives. -That's the simple dive?!
我过去常做的首个动作是一米板的前滚翻两周 I used to start with a double front summersault from the one-metre board
结束动作是高台手倒立跳水 and I finished up with a handstand dive off the top.
午夜场洗浴的余兴节目是 我站在六米台上 The finale at the midnight bathing was I stood up on the six-metre board.
我的朋友在泳池里倒上汽油 点着火 然后我再跳水 I got my friends to pour petrol on the pool, set it alight, and I dived into it.
-那肯定是相当壮观的节目! -令人汗毛直竖 -That must have been quite a spectacular sight! -It was hair raising.
-我得说 可能会烧焦毛发! -是的 烧焦毛发 可不是! -Or singeing, should I say! -Yes, singeing. I was gonna say!
难事不是跳水部分 是从火里出水的那部分 The hard thing wasn't diving. It was getting out the water from the flames,
因为有时他们太过兴奋了 就倒多了汽油 cos sometimes they were a bit over enthusiastic and put too much petrol in.
但那真是壮观 But it was quite spectacular.
-但你仍然在游泳 -哦 是的 -But you're still swimming though. -Oh, yes.
-今天你来跳个水如何? 是不是会些冷? -哦 好的 -你可以吗? -哦 是的 -Would you be up for taking a dip today? Or is it a bit chilly? -Oh, yes. -You would? -Oh, yes.
-你准备好和我赛上一场吗? -好的 你想先游多远? -Would you be prepared to race me then? -Well, how much of start would you like?
肯尼可能是八十多岁了 Kenny may be an octogenarian,
但他毫不费力地表明自己具备那种是冠军实力的运动能力 but he effortlessly demonstrates the kind of athleticism that made him a champion.
我真没用 哦! I'm rubbish. Oh!
没希望了! That was hopeless!
败了也不丢脸 这个泳池毕竟是他的第二个家- Losing is no disgrace. This pool is his second home after all -
但就在他建议进行跳水比赛之前 but before he has a chance to suggest a diving competition,
我得晾晾身子再继续我向北的旅程直至终点站 I'm going to dry off and continue my journey north to my final destination.
阿伯丁-苏格兰的油都 Aberdeen - oil capital of Scotland.
哪里是苏格兰最多日照的地方我不确定 I don't know for sure where the sunniest place is in Scotland,
但在二次大战后 阿伯丁毫无疑问地成为了最受欢迎的度假地 but after the Second World War, Aberdeen was undoubtedly the most popular holiday destination
和所有成功的度假地一样 它有自己的标语- and like all successful resorts, it had its very own catchphrase -
"金沙银城" "The silver city with the golden sands".
为了提升吸引力 In order to boost its appeal,
在这本官方指南中 阿伯丁声称有最棒的天气 Aberdeen claimed in this official guide, that it had the best weather.
听听这个 "这个城市有很好的气候 还有超赞的日照纪录 Now, listen to this, "The city enjoys a very good climate and an excellent sunshine record.
某些情况下 它还可被称为是英国最热的地方" "And on a number of occasions, has been recorded as the hottest place in Britain."
我想我以前在哪儿听过这些... Now, I think I've heard that somewhere else before...
新闻短片: '明澈的天空 美丽的蓝天 NEWSREEL: 'The clear skies, the brilliant blues
碧绿的大海 海滩 还有漂浮的白云 'and greens of the sea. The sands, the wandering white clouds.
色彩亮丽 各种节目 孩子们的欢笑声 'Brilliance and colour. The games and the laughter of children
而常常隐在其后的-是深水交通 'and always behind it - the traffic of the deep waters.'
但真正令阿伯丁受欢迎的是其夜生活 But it was Aberdeen's night life that made it so popular.
曾几何时 这座银色沙城夸口自拥15座影院 At one time, the Silver Sand City could boast 15 cinemas
和9座舞厅 这里便是其中最有名的-海滩舞厅 and nine dance halls and this is the most famous of them all - the Beach Ballroom.
新闻短片: '音乐一个劲地放啊放 人人都再度聚在一起共享快乐' NEWSREEL: 'The music goes around and around and everybody comes together again for pleasure.'
这里便是一些最伟大的音乐表演家演奏的地方 This is where some of the greatest musical entertainers performed.
大乐队的声音给假日的夜晚增加了一种真正的魅力 The sound of big bands added a real sense of glamour to a holiday night out.
而在自夸为国内最大的舞池中 And on the dance floor, which boasted the biggest bounce in the country,
数百位年轻男女一展身手 hundreds of young men and women strutted their stuff.
为更多地了解这个黄金时代 To find more about this golden age,
我穿上礼服系着领结来上一堂课 I'm donning bow tie and tails for a lesson
教我的是舞林大赛冠军 梅·沃尔克 with champion of the dance floor, May Walker.
好了 你想学的是华尔兹的一点基础舞步 OK, so what you want to learn is a little bit of basics in the waltz.
-华尔兹 好的 -如此你就可以在跳舞中得乐子 华尔兹是种很简单的舞蹈 -The waltz. Right. -So that you can go and enjoy yourself at dances. The waltz is a very simple dance.
左 右 左 右 左 右 这样来去 Left, right, left. Right, left, right, so on and so forth.
听来简单 听上去简单... Sounds simple. Sounds simple and, um...
我得要记住哪个是左哪个是右 I've got to remember which is left and which is right.
-我会左右戳着 -好了 我得老实交代 我一直害怕这个时刻 -Well, I'll poke you side to side. '-OK, it's time to come clean. I've been dreading this moment.
跳舞从来就不是我强项 而梅可能碰上了麻烦的主 'Dancing has never been my forte and May could have a job on her hands.'
-如果是扁平足的话可以做什么呢? -有的 截肢! -Is there anything you can do for flat feet? -Yes. Amputation!
-好吧 有些极端了 没有那么平啦 -不 不 不 不! -Right, OK. It's a bit drastic. They're not THAT flat. -No, no, no, no!
左 右 并 Dancing left, right, close.
再右 左 并 然后你再转一下 And right, left, close. Then I want you to turn a little.
如果有谁能把我变成弗雷德·阿斯泰尔(美著名男演员) 那人就是梅了 'But if anyone can turn me into Fred Astaire, it's May.
现在是左 右 还是右 左? 'Now was that left, right or right, left?'
好了 摆好姿势 OK, so, position. Positions. Positions.
哦 好了 开始 'Oh, well. Here goes.'
向左 左 好 To the left. Left, OK.
一 二 三 向前 二 三 右 左 并 And one, two, three. Forward, two, three. Right, left, close.
右 左 并 右 并 右 左 并 Right, left and close. Right, close and right, left. Close.
左 右 并 右 左 并 Left, right, close. Right, left, closed.
-我们回到原处了 -你回到原处 说明还不赖 -We're back to where we started. -You're back to where you started, and that wasn't too bad.
-想再试试吗? -好啊 我想也是 -好了 抬头 -Want to try it again? -Yeah, OK. I think so. -OK, head up.
右向边 并 左 向我 哦 不! Right to the side and close. Left, to me. Oh, no! Oh, no!
左向边 并 右向边 并 Left to the side and close. Right to the side and close.
左 哎唷! 啊! 哦! 又来了! Left, ouch! Argh! Ooh! I've done it again!
他又来了! He's done it again!
右向边 并 Right to the side and close.
在舞厅里跳舞的这种优雅劲可算得上相当令人着迷 There's something quite captivating about the elegance of ballroom dancing,
而人们争相来到海滩舞厅那时 梅是当时明星之一 and May was one of the leading lights when they packed them in here at the Beach Ballroom.
告诉我以前那个时候是什么样子的? Tell me what it was like back in the day?
有几百人来这儿 一晚上有三四百人 大概吧 Hundreds of people came here. Mm. Three, four hundred a night. You know, whatever.
通常都是周一 周二 周三 周四等等... Usually, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursdays, so on and so forth and it's...
如果在海滩上过了一天 这是给当天来个扫尾的好法子 It's a great way to round off a day, if you've had a day on the beach.
-白天里散散步 游游泳 -没错 -Day promenading, day swimming. -That's right.
然后晚上来像这儿的地方 Then to come in the evening to a place like this.
这里是不是人们相遇的地方? 男孩和女孩那种? Is this where people would meet one another? Guys and girls?
嗯 这里就是你会开始浪漫的地方 Well, this is where you meet to start your romance.
几百人来这儿 大家不停地跳啊跳啊 Hundreds of people came here. People danced round and round and round.
新闻短片: 年轻爱侣似乎非常享受他们在阿伯丁的蜜月 NEWSREEL: 'The young couple, they seem to be enjoying their honeymoon in Aberdeen.'
-重点在于你来会碰上浪漫故事和魅力... -确实 -The emphasis was on romance and glamour when you came... -That's right.
新闻短片: 水手找到了个朋友 总是有可能在阿伯丁找到朋友 NEWSREEL: 'And the sailor's found a friend. It's always possible to find a friend in Aberdeen.'
大家都来这儿 如果你在度假 Everyone came here. If you were on holidays,
那么你的夜间消遣就是下到海滩舞厅 then your evening entertainment was down to the Beach Ballroom.
还有什么更好的方法来结束你晒太阳的一天呢- What better way to end a day of basking in the sun -
如果你在海滩上没有晒得完美的古铜色 and if you didn't get the perfect tan on the beach,
或许你可在舞池里找到完美的另一半 then you might find the perfect partner on the dance floor.
右 左 And right. And left.
啊! 一切多浪漫! Ah! The romance of it all!
非常感谢 梅 谢谢 那真太好了! Thank you very much, May. Thank you. That was splendid!
我本可以跳上整晚 但我已经来到了旅程的终点 I could have danced all night but I've come to the end of the road.
我踏上旅程已经超过了六周 游遍全境 I've been touring for over six weeks now, travelling the country
并探寻苏格兰作为旅游胜地的宝贵遗产 and exploring Scotland's heritage as a tourist destination.
在我这一路之上 布莱克指南一直是我的同伴 In the time I've been on the 4road, Black's has been my constant companion.
它可能已经很老套 过时了 直白地来说 已经支离破碎了 It might be old-fashioned, out-of-date and frankly, falling to pieces,
但它表达出的仍然清晰 but its message is clear.
敦促我去户外探索更多的苏格兰 Urging me to get out and about and explore more of Scotland
对此提议我亦极尽所能地推荐 which is something I couldn't recommend more strongly.
我的旅程始于同英格兰的交界处 My journey has taken me from the border with England
直至西面的威士忌之岛 to the whisky islands of the west.
从中部高地的美景 From the charms of the central Highlands
至极北边的原始风貌 to the wilds of the far north.
我业已体验了最爽的... I've experienced the highs...
和最糟的... and the lows...
苏格兰度假情形 of holidaying in Scotland.
这本旧指南使我领会到这是如何的一个神奇的国度 This old guide book has made me appreciate what a fantastic country this is
而我 想要尽情地体验它 and I, for one, want to make the most of it.