点评:Moonraker Canalboats website has not been updated for some time and is confusing. Moonshadow has not run on a Saturday since 2022 and the point of departure is now The Barge Inn at Seend Cleeve not Honey Street Wharf as shown on the map and detailed in the About Us/ What’s Next Section of the website. As we were not made aware of this until a week before our departure, we had to change our route planning at the last minute to travel west to Bath rather than east to Newbury to avoid days spent navigating the Caen Hill flight. Unfortunately, moorings along this section of the Kennet and Avon Canal are now largely taken by permit holders and/or live aboarders meaning there is little available mooring along the canal particularly for widebeam canalboats. The lack of mooring space at The Barge Inn for leaving Moonshadow on our return similarly proved a constant worry throughout our holiday. All Moonraker canalboats are advertised with bow thrusters and central heating. Unfortunately, neither worked from the outset and the logs supplied for the log burner were too big and damp to be of use so we had to buy our own, kiln dried and much smaller logs to fuel the much needed log burner. Some light fittings were pretty dodgy and the door to the tumble drier was broken and had to be propped closed in order for it to work. Thank goodness it did work as it was the only way we could dry towels in the absence of central heating and working towel rails. The shower drain and bathroom sink in the ensuite did not work from Day 1 although this problem was promptly addressed before we left Bradford on Avon on Day 2. I do not want to sound too negative and I know that the obvious problem of lack of available moorings on the Bradford on Avon/Bath section of the K&A Canal is out of Moonraker Canalboats control but Moonraker Canalboats advertise a luxury canalboat holiday experience which it could have been had the boat been better maintained and we had been made aware of the limited availability of suitable moorings.
翻译:Moonraker Canalboats 网站已经有一段时间没有更新了,而且很混乱。自 2022 年以来,Moonshadow 不再在周六运行,出发点现在是 Seend Cleeve 的 The Barge Inn,而不是地图上显示的 Honey Street Wharf,详情请参阅网站的“关于我们/下一步是什么”部分。由于直到出发前一周我们才意识到这一点,我们不得不在最后一刻改变我们的航线计划,向西前往巴斯而不是向东前往纽伯里,以避免在卡昂山航班上花费几天的时间。不幸的是,肯尼特运河和埃文运河这一段的停泊处现在主要由许可证持有者和/或居住者占用,这意味着运河沿线几乎没有可用的停泊处,特别是宽梁运河船。同样,在我们返回时,驳船旅馆缺乏停泊空间,无法让月影离开,这也是我们整个假期一直担心的问题。所有 Moonraker 运河船都在广告中标明配有船首推进器和中央供暖系统。不幸的是,这两种方法从一开始就不起作用,而且为原木燃烧器提供的原木太大且潮湿,无法使用,因此我们不得不购买自己的、窑干的和小得多的原木来为急需的原木燃烧器提供燃料。一些灯具非常危险,滚筒烘干机的门坏了,必须关上才能工作。谢天谢地,它确实有效,因为这是我们在没有中央暖气和工作毛巾架的情况下干燥毛巾的唯一方法。套间的淋浴排水管和浴室水槽从第一天起就无法使用,尽管这个问题在我们第二天离开雅芳布拉德福德之前就得到了及时解决。我不想听起来太消极,我知道缺乏可用的明显问题K&A 运河埃文河畔布拉德福德/巴斯部分的停泊点不受 Moonraker Canalboats 的控制,但 Moonraker Canalboats 宣传的是豪华运河船度假体验,如果船能得到更好的维护,我们就可以享受到这种体验,而且我们已经意识到可用的船只数量有限。合适的系泊处。