点评:Sledmere has been close to my heart for many years. It was a place of relaxation on a Sunday a brisk walk and tour of the grounds after a tasty meal in the cafe and to finish off a visit to the shop to buy cake and pastries.
I have written several times in recent years of what were once pleasurable days. But something happened around 2023, when the cafe started to decline and staff lost their jobs and the whole experience with prices rising and service dropping.
After several years of us being Friends, by 2024 we found the spartan cafe food unedible and decided to cancel our Friends Members pass as our neighbours had already done. We visited last year in the hope that it had improved, but its simply got more expensive, £4,00 for a single scoop of ice cream in a tub, and the cafe is a no go area.
Visiting the pub recently for lunch we made what will probably be our last visit now to the Grounds. The house was closed, amenities fragmented, it looked and felt dreadful. I said if we come again we will find all the animals gone! What has happened to Sledmere in the past three years is nothing short of vandalism and how it has been allowed to happen. The paying general public are not fools and when prices increase it is expected the experience keeps pace. Trust must have fallen away for so many visitors,and sadly it will reflect on the family.
Living in East Yorkshire we drive that bit further and are now Friends of Casle Howard for £60.00 a year each, where there are 3 lovely cafes and it is open 7 days a week.
翻译:多年来,斯莱德米尔一直是我心中的挚爱。每逢周日,这里都是我放松身心的好去处:在咖啡馆享用美味佳肴后,漫步于庄园,最后再去商店买些蛋糕和糕点。
近年来,我曾多次撰文回忆那些美好的时光。然而,大约在2023年,一切都变了。咖啡馆开始走下坡路,员工纷纷失业,物价上涨,服务质量下降,整个体验也随之变差。
我们曾是斯莱德米尔之友,但到了2024年,我们发现咖啡馆的食物实在难以下咽,于是决定取消会员资格,就像我们的邻居一样。去年,我们抱着一丝希望再次造访,却发现物价上涨了不少,一桶冰淇淋就要4英镑,而且咖啡馆也变得令人难以忍受。
最近,我们去酒吧吃了顿午餐,这很可能是我们最后一次造访斯莱德米尔庄园了。庄园的房屋已经关闭,各种设施也支离破碎,整个庄园看起来和感觉都糟透了。我说如果我们再来,就会发现所有的动物都不见了!过去三年斯莱德米尔发生的一切简直就是蓄意破坏,而这一切竟然被允许发生,真是令人难以置信。付费游客并非傻子,价格上涨,他们理应期待体验也随之提升。很多游客肯定已经对这里失去了信任,这无疑会影响到斯莱德米尔家族的声誉。
我们住在东约克郡,所以现在多开了一段路,每年每人缴纳60英镑的会员费,成为卡斯尔霍华德之友。那里有三家很棒的咖啡馆,而且一周七天都开放。