点评:Just had a wonderful week on Chalkhill Blue, we were shown around the boat and as this was our first trip on a narrow boat the instruction was second to none. My confidence was lifted after some excellent tuition, so if you, like I was are apprehensive about having no skills please don’t be, you learn very quickly. Had a few issues with reversing, but eventually mastered it. We went up Foxton locks with the aid of all the helpful lock keepers, they are very informative and helpful. Tunnels are a bit scary, went through with just the front light and came back with all internal lights on which makes a huge difference. Chalkhill Blue never faltered and the facilities within are fantastic, we took far too many clothes and food, there are plenty of places to eat on route if you moor up near villages. Some tips we thought may help, tow paths are muddy so have good boots, we didn’t take Crocs or the like to step into when taking off our boots so went though a lot of dirty socks, if you intend to go when it’s cold you will need an extra bag of top loader compressed fuel, you get a container of free wood , but because it was cold we probably had the burner on more than we should have, don’t light it whilst travelling as we did to warm up the inside before we moored. Smokey is an understatement and found it difficult to navigate, never did that again. The boat has WIFI for the TV although the signal was not great in all locations, the TV does have a DVD player built in. All in all it was a great experience, met some wonderful people who are so keen to give advice and help if you need it. We shall definitely book again and try their different boats, can’t wait for that day to come again this year.
翻译:刚刚在 Chalkhill Blue 度过了美妙的一周,我们参观了整艘船,由于这是我们第一次乘窄船,所以指导非常到位。经过出色的指导后,我的信心大增,所以如果你像我一样担心自己没有技能,请不要这样,你学得很快。在倒车时遇到了一些问题,但最终掌握了它。在所有热心的船闸管理员的帮助下,我们到达了福克斯顿船闸,他们非常有知识,乐于助人。隧道有点吓人,我们只打开前灯就通过了,回来时所有内部灯都亮着,这有很大的不同。Chalkhill Blue 从未出现故障,内部设施也很棒,我们带了太多的衣服和食物,如果你停泊在村庄附近,途中有很多吃饭的地方。我们认为以下一些建议可能会有所帮助,拖船路径泥泞,所以要穿好靴子,我们脱靴子时没有带 Crocs 之类的鞋,所以穿了很多脏袜子,如果你打算在天气寒冷时去,你将需要一袋额外的顶部装载压缩燃料,你会得到一个免费的木材容器,但因为天气很冷,我们可能把炉子开得比我们应该的要多,不要在旅行时点燃它,就像我们在停泊前为了暖和内部而点燃它一样。烟雾缭绕是轻描淡写,发现很难航行,再也没有这样做过。船上有电视的 WIFI,虽然信号不是在所有地方都很好,但电视确实有内置的 DVD 播放器。总而言之,这是一次很棒的体验,遇到了一些很棒的人,他们非常乐意在你需要的时候给你建议和帮助。我们一定会再次预订并尝试他们的不同船只,迫不及待地希望今年能再次迎来这一天。