点评:My friends and I had a brilliant few days away on a narrowboat hired from ABC at their Alvechurch Marina. We drove to the boat yard and as you drive through the village there is a sign to the marina so it is quite easy to find. It is also next to Alvechurch railway station so if you are travelling on public transport you will locate it.
When we arrived we watched a safety video and soon our boat was ready for us to start putting our belongings on. They have trolleys available to use to get your things from your car to the boat which minimises continuous trips back and forth. We managed it in one trip with two trolleys.
Nathan from the boat yard went through the checks for the boat with us and was happy we knew what we were doing so we set off.
Our boat had excellent facilities including kettle, toaster, micowave oven, hob and gas oven. We also had all the crockery, cutlery and glassware we needed. There were three of us but the boat could sleep five. The bathroom was very good with a toilet and sink, a very good shower and a heated towel rail. There were radiators throughout the boat so we were not cold.
We had a lovely time travelling along the canals and during the four days we had the boat we covered parts of the Worcester & Birmingham, Stratford Upon Avon and Grand Union Canals. We saw plenty of different wildlife including herons, moorhens, swans, ducks, a pheasant and a deer.
The staff were excellent at the boatyard. We had a minor issue on the first day and I called the boatyard and they got Nathan to call us back and he talked us through what we needed to do so everything was sorted.
Hopefully I will do another trip with them, not sure where though....
翻译:我和朋友们在ABC公司位于阿尔夫彻奇码头的窄船上度过了几天美好的假期。我们开车前往码头,穿过村庄时会看到码头的指示牌,所以很容易找到。码头就在阿尔夫彻奇火车站旁边,所以如果您乘坐公共交通工具,也能轻松找到。
到达后,我们观看了一段安全须知视频,很快我们的船就准备好了,可以开始搬运行李了。码头提供手推车,方便您将物品从车上搬到船上,这样就不用来回奔波了。我们用了两辆手推车,一次就搬完了。
码头的Nathan和我们一起检查了船只,很高兴我们了解操作流程,于是我们就出发了。
我们的船上设施齐全,包括水壶、烤面包机、微波炉、炉灶和燃气烤箱。餐具、刀叉和玻璃器皿也一应俱全。我们一行三人,但船上最多可以睡五个人。浴室设施齐全,有马桶、洗手池、淋浴和电热毛巾架。船上到处都有暖气片,所以我们一点也不觉得冷。
我们沿着运河航行,度过了一段美好的时光。在租船的四天里,我们游览了伍斯特和伯明翰运河、斯特拉特福德运河以及大联盟运河的部分河段。我们看到了许多不同的野生动物,包括苍鹭、黑水鸡、天鹅、鸭子、野鸡和鹿。
船厂的工作人员非常棒。第一天我们遇到了一点小问题,我打电话给船厂,他们安排了Nathan给我们回电,他详细地指导我们该怎么做,最终一切都迎刃而解了。
希望以后还能和他们一起航行,不过还没想好去哪里……