点评:We have been Sledmere Friends members for several years, and have enjoyed all our visits; the layout, friendliness of staff, animals, cafe, etc.
When the "exciting" changes were made recently, curtailing visiting days and reducing the season, we did not renew, waited to see what effect this would have. We visited yesterday to attend the Spring Fair, which was ok, nothing outstanding, and found the "exciting" changes were very disappointing and haphazard.
The "farm" has been relocated and diminished; there's just one Shire horse now, a few chickens and goats and a couple of Shetlands.
The garden centre is sadly no more, gift shop halved to make room for a dog friendly cafe.
The access to the 'new' car park is almost single track, causing problems on entry and exit.
Worst of all, by moving the Farm shop etc. across that fast road, Sledmere has created an accident waiting to happen. Ok, they'd got a couple of staff members in hi-viz waving arms about in the middle of the road, but there are no warning signs for approaching traffic about pedestrians crossing in an area of reduced visibility.
Yes, there have been changes, but not all have been thought through.
翻译:我们一直是斯莱德米尔之友的会员好几年了,每次来都很享受:场地布局、员工友善、动物可爱、咖啡馆等等。
最近,斯莱德米尔进行了一系列“令人兴奋的”改动,减少了参观天数并缩短了开放时间,我们没有续费,而是想看看这些改动会带来什么影响。昨天我们去参加了春季集市,感觉还行,没什么特别的,但那些所谓的“令人兴奋的”改动却让我们非常失望,感觉很随意。
“农场”搬迁了,规模也缩小了;现在只剩下一匹夏尔马、几只鸡、几只山羊和几匹设得兰矮种马。
令人遗憾的是,花园中心已经不复存在,礼品店的面积也缩小了一半,腾出空间开了一家允许带狗的咖啡馆。
通往“新”停车场的道路几乎是单行道,进出都很不方便。
最糟糕的是,斯莱德米尔把农产品商店等设施搬到了那条车速很快的公路对面,这简直就是在制造一个随时可能发生的交通事故隐患。好吧,他们确实安排了几名穿着反光背心的工作人员在路中间挥舞手臂,但是没有设置任何警告标志提醒来往车辆注意行人正在能见度较低的区域过马路。
没错,情况有所改变,但并非所有改变都经过深思熟虑。