Walberswick Ferry (ko Southwold-Walberswick Ferry kamar yadda wasu ke kira shi) ya haɗu da biyu daga cikin rairayin bakin teku mafi kyau a kan tekun Suffolk a fadin ruwan kwarin ruwa na Kogin Blythe.
Ban tabbatar da abin da nake tsammanin ba lokacin da na isa dockside amma jimillar baƙi na masu yawon shakatawa, masu hikimar teku da na teku, tare da kwalliyar kwalliya, karnuka biyu da motoci mai kwalliya, duk suna jira don shiga jirgi, watakila ba haka ba ne.
Sun kasance suna aiki ne a kai a kai da kuma sabis na lasisi wanda ke keta bakin bakin Blythe tun 1236. Yau shine daya daga cikin jiragen da suka rage a Birtaniya. Kamar yadda wani ɓangare na rana mai kyau, baƙi za su iya zama lokaci a cikin kudancin yankin Kuduwold kafin su shiga jirgi a filin jirgin saman Kuduwold Beach (ƙarshen kare kare). Kwanan jirgin ya ɗauki kimanin minti biyu don hayewa zuwa kogin Walberswick kuma yana da ɗan gajeren tafiya zuwa wani dogon lokaci, fararen yashi, bakin teku mai laushi da kuma daya daga cikin shafuka mafi kyau na Suffolk Coast, The Anchor at Walberswick.
Ƙarin Dama
Ranar da muka gwada shi, wata matashiyar matashi ta tayar da mu a fadin. Kuma ko da yake jirgin ruwa (wanda ke ɗauke da mutane 11, tare da karnuka da kekuna) ya cika, makamai ba su da magungunan Madonna. Hanyarta - tafiya a kowace hanya - kamar dai shine ya nuna jirgin ruwa a tsakiyar na yanzu, dan kadan a cikin tashar, sa'an nan kuma barin saurin gaggawa ya juya kwalliyar jigilar jirgin sama da kuma kai shi zuwa kullun.
Wata hanya ce Dani Church, 'yar uwarmu, ta cika tun lokacin da yake dan shekara shida yana tare da mahaifinsa - mai baftisma a gabanta - da baya a kan ƙananan jirgi na katako. A cikin wata hira da BBC ta bayar, Dani ya bayyana cewa iyalinsa suna aiki ne a kan jirgin sama har tsawon shekaru 125 kuma ita ce ta biyar na iyalinta don tsara shi - kiyaye jirgin sama fiye da shekaru 800.
A cewar BBC, a shekara ta 1885, lokacin da dan uwan babban kakanta ya kasance dan uwan farko a cikin iyalinsa don yawo jirgin, sai ya maye gurbin jirgin ruwa mai kyan gani, wanda ke da magungunan ruwa. Amma a shekara ta 1942, lokacin da aka sauya tsarin ƙananan tashar jiragen ruwa, jirgin mai shinge ya zama marar amfani kuma an sake mayar da shi a cikin sabis.
Watch cikakken binciken BBC.
Dani ya riga ya rubuta littafi game da tarihin wannan jirgin ruwa mai ban mamaki. Labarin na Southwold-Walberswick Ferry , da Dani Church tare da Ann Gander, ya wallafa ta Holm Oak Publishing kuma yana samuwa daga wasu littattafai na kan layi.
Southwold-Walberswick Ferry Essentials
- Lokacin: Aikin jirgin ruwa a kowace rana tsakanin Mayu 25 da Satumba 25 kuma karshen mako ne kawai tsakanin Afrilu 26 da Mayu 24 da Satumba 26 da Oktoba 25.
- Hours: 10 zuwa 12:30 am kuma daga 2 zuwa 5pm. Gidan jirgin ya tashi a duk lokacin da mutane ke so su gicciye a cikin waɗannan lokutan. Tun lokacin hawa yana tsayi tsakanin minti biyu da biyar, babu wani jira. A lokacin lokutan aiki na shekara, Dani yakan jagoranci jiragen jiragen ruwa guda biyu a lokaci ɗaya, yana kira ga masu taimako jiran aiki.
- Kudin: Jirgin kudin shine £ 1 kowace hanya ga tsofaffi da yara fiye da 5. Kwanan kuɗi na kudin £ 1. Kwanan suna ɗauke da kyauta.
- Inda:
- Daga Southwold : Shugaban kan iyakar kudu maso yammacin Southwold. Ku juya zuwa dama a Kogin Blythe kuma ku bi hanyar da ya wuce gidan Tarihin Wutar Lantarki na Royal National (RNLI) da RNLI tashar jirgin ruwa. Za ku ga kananan jiragen ruwa sun yi raguwa a kan kogin zuwa hagu da launin ruwan kasa da ke gidan jirgin ruwa. Gidan jirgin ruwa yana gefen hagu, wanda ya wuce katangar caravan.
- Daga Walberswick: Ɗauki B1387 ta Walberswick, bayan Anchor Pub, kuma kusan zuwa ƙarshen hanya. Ka bar motarka a filin ajiye motocin jama'a, kafin "mazauna" kawai su yarda da alamar. Gidan jirgin ruwa wani zubar da launin ruwan kasa.
- Don ƙarin bayani: tarho +44 (0) 1502 724 729 ko ziyarci shafin yanar gizo.