20240511-Robins-Nest-Country-Park

 短遊紅花嶺郊野公園 --- 紅花寨下咖啡座開幕

Short visit to Robin's Nest Country Park -- the opening of our new cafe under Hung Fa Chai

(上水火車站→小巴 55K / 九巴 78K→担水坑村→山咀村路→紅花嶺郊野公園入口→日軍碉堡山戰地遺跡→機槍堡及壕溝遺跡→紅花寨 141號標高柱咖啡座→紅花寨晨運園→回沙頭角公路)

(Exit A4 of Sheung Shui Railway Station→Minibus no. 55K or KMB bus no. 78K→Alight @ Tam Shui Hang Village→Shan Tsui Tsuen Road→Shan Tsui Village Japanese Battery Hill→war relics [pillbox & trench]→141m Trig station Cafe near Hung Fa Chai [Robin's Nest]→Hung Fa Chai walkers' sitting area→Back to Sha Tau Kok Road)

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紅花寨 Hung Fa Chai:

https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E7%B4%85%E8%8A%B1%E5%AF%A8 (中文)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hung_Fa_Chai (ENG)

寨: 本指防禦盜匪的柵欄，現在多引申為村落、堡壘。

Chai (寨, Cantonese) ~~ A fenced / walled village or  place isolated from the outside world, for protection / defence purpose, with forts, lookouts or watch towers inside.

There are disused Macintosh forts near Hung Fa Chai (紅花寨) to prevent illegal immigrants coming into HK from Shenzhen in the past, and it used to be part of the Frontier Closed Area before 2016. 

山咀村路的盡頭, 亦是另一個禁區.

There is another frontier closed area @ end of Shan Tsui Village Road.

Let's GO!

日治時代的機槍堡.

A pillbox, during the time of Japanese occupation in WWII. 

戰壕.

A ditch.

可能是隧道

Looks like a tunnel.

對岸是深圳鹽田的繁華市區, 香港這邊是美麗的鄉郊. 

Shenzhen @ the opposite side, Yantian (鹽田) district.

Yantian's side is an urbanized place full of skyscrapers and lightings, while this part of Hong Kong, Sha Tau Kok, is a beautiful country park, full of different kinds of wildlife.

紅花寨 141米的標高柱

The first trig station (141m above sea level) near Hung Fa Chai.

They are NOT blueberries!!

紅花寨的山嶺.

The mountain range of Hung Fa Chai.

紅花寨下的墓地.

A big cemetery under Hung Fa Chai.

沙頭角的村落.

Village houses of Sha Tau Kok.

紅花寨很美, 後面是紅花嶺.

Beautiful mountain range of Hung Fa Chai, Robin's Nest (mountain) is at the back.

紅花寨141 標柱附近的臨時咖啡座開始營業!!!

Let's celebrate the opening of the temporary cafe, near the 141m trig station of Hung Fa Chai.

下午茶時間~~ 凍紅茶 + 芝士包.

Let's have a tea break, with cold black tea & cheesy ciabatta.

一小時後, 臨時咖啡座結業了.

Our temporary cafe CLOSED one hour later.

Trig station (141m) near Hung Fa Chai.

The trail is shown on the map (dotted line).

正式進入紅花寨範圍.

When you see this signage, you have entered Hung Fa Chai.

荒廢梯田.

Terrace.

紅花寨晨運園

Morning walkers' sitting area.