点评:We hired narrowboat Sacha from Sally Narrowboats at Bradford on Avon. We travelled first to Bath and then East to Great Bedwyn before returning to Bradford on Avon. Our party of seven adults from Australia were looking forward to conquering the Caen Hill locks and enjoying the reputed beauty of the K&A, having done several other UK canals in the past.
The boat was ready on our arrival and we were able to get set up on board and depart after a briefing without any issues. The Sally Narrowboat staff, both on our arrival and on return were courteous and very helpful as we battled with luggage and supplies. The boat was clean and well equipped for our 11 day confined space adventure.
The K&A canal itself is another matter. In general we found the canal sides to often be too overgrown to allow mooring with most potential mooring spaces taken up by live aboards in various states of tidiness. Finding moorings near popular spots such as Honey Street, Seend Cleve and Devizes was near impossible. Sections of the canal East of Devizes are overgrown with reeds reducing to a clear waterway of one boat width. We were dissappointed to find the canal in many areas did not live up to its reputation, but if you do choose this canal then we recommend Sally Narrowboats at Bradford on Avon as your boat provider.
翻译:我们从埃文河畔布拉德福德的 Sally Narrowboats 租用了 Sacha 窄船。我们首先前往巴斯,然后向东前往大贝德温,然后返回埃文河畔的布拉德福德。我们一行七名来自澳大利亚的成年人期待着征服卡昂山船闸并享受 K&A 著名的美景,我们过去已经完成了其他几条英国运河。
我们到达时船已经准备好了,我们能够在船上进行设置并在听取简报后离开,没有任何问题。 Sally Narrowboat 的工作人员在我们抵达和返回时都很有礼貌,在我们搬运行李和补给品时非常乐于助人。这艘船很干净,设备齐全,适合我们 11 天的密闭空间探险。
K&A 运河本身就是另一回事了。总的来说,我们发现运河两侧往往过于杂草丛生,无法进行停泊,大多数潜在的停泊空间都被处于各种整洁状态的船上居民占据。在蜂蜜街、西恩德克利夫和迪韦齐斯等热门景点附近找到停泊处几乎是不可能的。迪韦齐斯以东的运河部分长满了芦苇,清澈的水道只有一船那么宽。我们很失望地发现这条运河在许多地区都没有达到它的声誉,但如果您确实选择这条运河,那么我们推荐埃文河畔布拉德福德的 Sally Narrowboats 作为您的船舶提供商。