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Collection and returning of the boat was seamless. They were very helpful and informative. All staff we came into contact with were very friendly. No problems at all.
05 Jul 2023
This was our fifth trip with ABC on narrow boats, and perhaps the initial shine is, for us, wearing off. We found that the Alpine Swift seemed to be more cramped than previous boats, with the beds narrow, necessitating some skill in rolling over without falling out. The macerator toilet is excessively noisy, disturbing sleep at night.
05 Jul 2023
ABC Blackmeadow Marina staff were all very friendly and customer focused. When we identified a problem with the boat, they were very quickly on scene with the necessary spare parts to deal with the situation.
05 Jul 2023
Uncomfortable beds lumpy.
05 Jul 2023
Beds were awful. Lumpy and uncomfortable. Pushing them together does not help
05 Jul 2023
Great service, boat fully ready, clean etc. As usual. For newbies, good instructions etc before handover. Not their problem…pubs…don’t rely on web sites, look up Tripadvisor, some pubs are…not open Mon or Tuesday, closed down, do not do food any more, as examples. Double check before going. That was on the Ashby canal.
05 Jul 2023
Great service, boat fully ready, clean etc. As usual. For newbies, good instructions etc before handover. Not their problem…pubs…don’t rely on web sites, look up Tripadvisor, some pubs are…not open Mon or Tuesday, closed down, do not do food any more, as examples. Double check before going. That was on the Ashby canal.
05 Jul 2023
The rating is not a reflection of ABC, more CRT! Our trip was plagued with failing canal infrastructure - 2 broken lift bridges, one broken lock (preventing progress towards Bath) and a blown over tree blocking the canal.
05 Jul 2023
Friendly helpful staff, would have given 5 stars but the boat we were provided with this time was looking a little tired.
05 Jul 2023
Nice Marina, helpful staff. Lovely scenery along the canal to Llangollen.
05 Jul 2023
Everything associated with our dealings with ABC was first class. No detail was overlooked.
05 Jul 2023
From Gayton marina down Grand Union, perfect. The Thames very few places to find a nice mooring place, all full of long term , very little visitor moorings. Oxford canal, nice enough, but the locks very badly looked after, we meet lots of other boats and the boating community are clever helping each other. We only got to Banbury, and we got a bit tired of it. We took bus rides different places, but we paid to be cruising
05 Jul 2023
would buy from them again
05 Jul 2023
l could have rated ABC with 5 stars, but something outside of ABC happened. We had 2,5 weeks lovely start, but reaching Banbury lock 29 was broken and closed while we were waiting. Lucky it wasn’t in the middle og nowhere. We stayed there for 9 days. It opened the Saturday we had to leave. We didn’t want to go back because the locks on Oxford canal were terrible. So, very disappointed by loosing more than a fourth of our holiday. The toilet started showing red just the night before the closing . The people at Gayton marina wanted to help us in all ways they could. Nice decent of them. We definitely are back next summer, we might even try an autumn cruising again .
05 Jul 2023
This was our first experience of a narrow boat and we thoroughly enjoyed it. The boat was clean, comfortable and extremely well equipped. This may have been our first experience but it will certainly not be the last.
05 Jul 2023
