点评:We were greeted by the owner, a lovely man, who provided us with a sturdy trolly to take our stuff from our car to the boat. It was our very first trip on a narrow boat. He ensured we were parked securely, and was generally very nice and helpful.
We were then joined by Olly, the owners nephew, and his girlfriend, both of whom took immense pride in their boats.
Ours was their smallest, ( we were first timers) and we were offered a larger boat , which had a bigger bed, but we were not confident enough to try one, so stayed with Country Fair, our original booking.
I was blown away by the facilities on board. Great gas cooker and hob, decent size fridge, good heating system, comfy bed and pillows , really well stocked kitchen, so cooking on board was a dream, all the gadgets one wd need and more, and everything absolutely spotless.
Best of all, which we didn’t realise until later, was Ollie and his girlfriend came up the first three locks with us. I had to go in the lock, and my husband did the gates, so we had one each to guide us. I was absolutely terrified, but Ollie gave me confidence to do it, and when we had to do the next lock all by ourselves, we kept in mind their instructions, and we were fine.
We met some other first timers along the way with other companies, who had no hands on instructions at all ! I believe this company are one of the few to give hands on guidance, and it’s definitely definitely needed, especially if new to narrow boats.
They assured us they were at the end of a phone if we needed them ( we didn’t , thankfully)
Cannot recommend Country crafts highly enough, and we loved every second on our little boat. We will definitely do this again.
翻译:船主是一位和蔼可亲的男士,他向我们打招呼,并为我们提供了一辆结实的手推车,以便我们把东西从车里搬到船上。这是我们第一次乘坐窄船。他确保我们安全停泊,而且总体来说非常友好和乐于助人。
然后船主的侄子 Olly 和他的女朋友加入了我们,他们都对自己的船感到非常自豪。
我们的船是他们最小的船(我们是第一次乘船),他们给我们提供了一艘更大的船,里面有更大的床,但我们没有足够的信心去尝试,所以还是选择了我们最初预订的 Country Fair。
船上的设施让我惊叹不已。很棒的燃气灶和炉灶、大小合适的冰箱、良好的供暖系统、舒适的床和枕头、储备充足的厨房,所以在船上做饭就像做梦一样,船上有我们需要的所有小工具,甚至更多,一切都一尘不染。
最棒的是,我们直到后来才意识到,Ollie 和他的女朋友和我们一起通过了前三道船闸。我必须进入船闸,我丈夫负责闸门,所以我们一人负责指导。我当时非常害怕,但 Ollie 给了我信心,当我们必须独自通过下一个船闸时,我们牢记他们的指示,一切都很好。
我们在途中遇到了其他公司的一些新手,他们根本没有任何实际指导!我相信这家公司是为数不多的提供实际指导的公司之一,这绝对是必要的,尤其是对于刚接触窄船的人来说。
他们向我们保证,如果我们需要他们,他们会在电话那头(谢天谢地,我们不需要)
强烈推荐 Country crafts,我们喜欢在小船上的每一秒。我们一定会再来。