苏格兰的伟大之旅（2010）

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies,
该节日已成为一个备受关注的国际庆祝活动
the festival has become
a highly-regarded
international celebration
现代古典音乐的。
of modern classical music.
最近几年，还发展了一个音乐边缘活动。
In recent years, a musical fringe
event has developed as well.
为了了解更多，我和音乐家安迪-坎特一起在镇上散步。
To find out more,
I'm taking a walk around the town
with musician Andy Cant.
现在的圣马格努斯音乐节已经发展到包括其他类型的音乐，是这样吗？
The St Magnus Festival now has kind
of evolved to incorporate other
kinds of music, is that right?
嗯，他们叫MagFest，这是一个...MagFest？
Well, they're calling MagFest
which is a... MagFest?
......如果你愿意，是一种附加的东西。
..a kind of add-on, if you like.
我想这是一种尝试，以引进不同类型的行为和不同类型的音乐。
I suppose it's an attempt to bring
in different types of acts
and different types of music.
我们大概有六、七个人在做比较传统的事情、
There's about sort of six
or seven of us doing more
traditional stuff,
但也有一些受蓝调影响的东西的元素。
but also some elements of sort of
bluegrassy-influenced stuff as well.
你得到的那个真正的混合。是的，没错。啊。
That real mix you've got.
It is, yeah. Ah.
我们对此相当兴奋。
We're quite excited about it.
因此，从某种意义上说，过去和现在可能都有一个相当强大和充满活力的
So, in a sense, there was,
and presumably there still is,
quite a strong and vibrant
奥克尼岛这里的各种艺术团体。哦，是的。
artistic community of various kinds
here in Orkney. Oh, yeah.
节日是拉拢民心的好方法，如果你看一下日历、
Festivals are a great way
of pulling folk in
and if you look at the calendar,
奥克尼岛就有各种类型的节日，不间断地进行着。
Orkney has just festivals that go
non-stop of various kinds.
掌声欢迎
APPLAUSE
夏季音乐节将柯克沃尔变成了音乐之都
The summer festivals have turned
Kirkwall into the music capital
北方的，但所有这些都是我对完美隔离的最初追求的转移。
of the North, but all this is
a diversion from my original quest
for perfect isolation.
因此，为了重回正轨，我将离开小镇，向南走，这次不是坐船，而是坐飞机。
So to get back on track,
I'm leaving town and heading south,
not by boat this time, but by plane.
从这里，你可以清楚地看到构成奥克尼岛的所有67个岛屿。
From up here,
you get a clear view of all
the 67 islands that make up Orkney
而在我下面的也许是其中最著名的霍伊。
and below me is perhaps
the most famous of them all, Hoy.
在维京人的古老语言中，"hoy "意味着 "高岛"。
In the old language of the Vikings,
"hoy" means "high island".
这里是霍伊老人的所在地，一个神奇的450英尺高的岩石塔、
This is where the Old Man of Hoy,
a fantastic 450-foot rock tower,
作为一个孤独的哨兵，矗立在彭特兰湾动荡的海面上。
stands as a lone sentinel
against the tumultuous seas
of the Pentland Firth.
但我想参观的不是霍伊老人。
But it's not the
Old Man of Hoy that I want to visit.
我是来寻找另一块孤独的石头。
I've come in search
of another lonely rock.
根据布莱克的指导手册、
According to Black's guidebook,
"据说它曾是巨魔或侏儒的住所。"
"It was believed to have been the
residence of a troll or a dwarf."
这块不太可能的岩石是以其所谓的矮小的居民命名的、
This unlikely rock is named after
its supposed diminutive resident,
并被称为 "小矮人 "的Stane。
and is known as the Dwarfie Stane.
为了到达那里，维多利亚时代的游客要穿过这片荒芜的荒原，走了不少弯路。
To get there,
Victorian tourists had quite a slog
across this barren moor.
我们在这里，在一个不知名的地方，这就是它，侏儒斯坦。
Here we are
in the middle of nowhere and this
is it, the Dwarfie Stane.
现在正如布莱克所说，这是一个巨大的砂岩块、
Now as Black's says,
it's a huge sandstone block,
它从头到尾大约有8.5米、
it measures about eight-and-a-half
metres from end to end,
但使其绝对迷人和独特的是
but what makes it
absolutely fascinating and unique
是这个入口，通向里面的一个房♥间。
is this entrance,
leading to a room inside.
没有人可以确定，但这可能是某种类型的坟墓、
No-one can be certain, but this
is probably a tomb of some kind,
如果是这样的话，它是整个英国唯一的一个此类机构。
and if so, it's the only one of
its kind in the whole of the UK.
想想看，这个空间在几千年前就被挖空了，真是不可思议、
It's incredible to think that
this space would have been hollowed
out thousands of years ago,
除了石制工具和鹿角、耐心和大量的肌肉力量外，什么都不使用。
using nothing but stone tools
and antlers, patience
and a lot of muscle power.
现在，在我的两边是两个低矮的、类似于架子的空间
Now, on either side of me
are two low, shelf-like spaces
而这个人实际上看起来有点像一个铺位。
and this one actually
looks a bit like a bunk.
甚至还有一个小石枕头供他枕头。
There's even a little stone pillow
for his head
你可以想象，它们可能是矮人或巨魔夫妇的家。
and you can imagine thinking
they might have been the homes
for a Mr and Mrs Dwarf or Troll.
还有另一个传说可以解释矮人石像、
There is another legend
to explain the Dwarfie Stane,
一个将这个孤独的地方与隐士或圣人的家联♥系♥在一起的人，你就会明白为什么。
one that connects this lonely place
to the home of a hermit or holy man,
and you can see why.
寻找完美隔离的隐士不需要再找了。
A hermit searching for perfect
isolation need look no further.
这就是它，绝对的和平与安静、
This is it,
absolute peace and quiet,
一个真正的灵魂安慰剂、
a real balm for the soul,
这正是来到北岛的游客一直在寻找的东西、
exactly the sort of thing that
tourists to the Northern Isles
have been looking for,
但从我自己的角度来看、
but from my own point of view,
我更喜欢一些有更多生物舒适性的住宿。
I prefer some accommodation
with a few more creature comforts.
我的下一次苏格兰大旅行将把我带到东海岸的拥挤的海岸。
My next Grand Tour Of Scotland
takes me to the crowded shores
of the East Coast.
那就和我一起去海边吧。
Join me then at the seaside.