点评:We didn't book any hospitality tickets this year - we've done that a few times and weren't particularly impressed. We decided to walk down from the bridge to the start point, getting a couple of drinks on the way. That was the first nasty surprise. We had to queue to get into the first bar area. We decided to walk further along but then discovered that the next place to get a g&t (The Barn) required us to pay £15 admission to get us into the area where we could spend more of our money on food and drink. We passed by. No place further along to buy any drinks or to use the toilets anywhere and the rudeness of many people staggered us. I was pushed off the very narrow path into mud several times by people a quarter my age, who didn't trouble to apologise. Other entitled twerps were crowding the narrow path just standing around talking and didn't bother to move when I pointed out they were blocking the walkway. The final irritation was that everywhere it might have been possible to spend our hard-earned cash were only accepting cards, and I prefer to use cash. We won't bother going in future years despite it having been an enjoyable day out for us in the past, particularly as my husband used to row when he was at Oxford so it's a sentimental journey for him usually. Even he said he doesn't want to go next year. it's worth mentioning that this is a big-money event, let's face it. So it's about time Henley Council or the Regatta organisers did something about the path on the south side of the river, it's ludicrously narrow in most places and very muddy after rain.
翻译:今年我们没有预订任何招待券——我们预订过几次,但印象并不特别深刻。我们决定从桥上走到起点,途中喝了几杯饮料。这是第一个令人不快的意外。我们不得不排队才能进入第一个酒吧区。我们决定继续往前走,但后来发现下一个可以喝金汤力的地方(The Barn)要求我们支付 15 英镑的入场费才能进入可以花更多钱购买食物和饮料的区域。我们就走了过去。再往前走没有地方买饮料或使用厕所,许多人的粗鲁行为让我们大吃一惊。我被年龄只有我四分之一的人从非常狭窄的小路上推到泥里好几次,他们都没有道歉。其他有权有势的家伙挤在狭窄的小路上,只是站着聊天,当我指出他们堵住了人行道时,他们懒得动身。最让人恼火的是,所有可能花我们辛苦赚来的钱的地方都只接受刷卡,而我更喜欢用现金。虽然过去对我们来说是一次愉快的出游,但我们未来几年不会再去,尤其是因为我丈夫在牛津时曾经划船,所以对他来说这通常是一个感伤的旅程。就连他说他明年不想去。值得一提的是,这是一场大笔资金的活动,让我们面对现实吧。所以亨利议会或帆船赛组织者是时候对河南侧的道路做点什么了,这条路在大多数地方都窄得可笑,下雨后泥泞不堪。