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Brilliant weekend away. Lovely clean boat, helpful staff. Best handover we have ever had.
01 Jul 2019
Nice boat, well prepared and the hand over was friendly and efficient. The negatives were that the oven did not work, and the boat was extremely difficult to reverse. (rating would be 4.5 if I had that option)
30 Jun 2019
Thank you for your feedback, which has been sent to the marina so that they can check the oven. We're pleased you enjoyed your holiday and look forward to welcoming you aboard again!
01 Jul 2019
Great staff, clean boat, really good instructions.
29 Jun 2019
Boat was very comfortable and well maintained. The staff were very friendly, well informed and helpful.
29 Jun 2019
All aspects were excellent.
29 Jun 2019
The staff were really helpful with everything from booking to helping with queries about the availability of our planned route. The boat was well equipped with everything we needed and was beautifully clean when we picked it up. It was warm and comfortable which was wonderful as the weather during our week was not good and the bathrooms made excellent drying rooms for our waterproofs! Despite the weather we had a great holiday and would not hesitate to recommend ABC!
29 Jun 2019
excellent communication from Carolyn at head office to reorganise boat handovers due to canal stoppage
28 Jun 2019
Thank you for your feedback, we're so pleased you enjoyed your holiday despite the disruption caused by the stoppage on the Llangollen! We look forward to seeing you again soon.
28 Jun 2019
Everything about it was great, as always.
28 Jun 2019
Lovely relaxed holiday. The boat was well equipped and comfortable.
28 Jun 2019
We had a great time and are looking forward to next time
28 Jun 2019
We had planned to do the Grand Ring in a clockwise direction in two weeks, and we managed to complete it. This circuit is described as "an energetic fortnight". However our schedule was affected by the limited opening hours for the locks at Stoke Bruerne, Braunston and Buckby. There was a lot of rain in June 2019: virutally every day of the holiday we saw some rain, and this has an impact on our experience. On Monday 10 June we were locking down from Berkhamsted through Watford. On fine day that is quite a grind (most of the locks were set against us, and had to be left empty as requested by CRT), but on that very wet Monday, we were ready to give up the whole trip! It would have been nice if the Eberspacher space heater could have been made to work, especially on that Monday evening, when everything was damp and miserable. The tidal Thames worked fine, and should not be a problem for experienced canallers, so long as you arrive at Brentford at the right time for the tide to carry you up to Teddington. Note: do not use the centre rope in Thames locks - the Thames lock keepers expect you to have bow and stern ropes attached at all times. If we were to attempt the Grand Ring again, I would allow three weeks, and, although it makes the tidal Thames a bit more difficult, I would go round anti-clockwise to go with the flow on the Thames, and for ease of using the locks on the lower Grand Union. Overall, we enjoyed our holiday, despite the rain.
28 Jun 2019
Thank you for your feedback. Congratulations on completing the ring! You were very unlucky with the weather during your holiday and we understand that this will have impacted on your overall experience. The Canal and River Trust have introduced some time restrictions on several lock flights across the canal network to help manage water levels throughout the boating season, unfortunately this has affected some of our route options and timings. We look forward to seeing you again, hopefully with better weather next time!
28 Jun 2019
Helt suverän resa med bra service, fin natur allt funkade som förväntat trots lite krångel med rutten eftersom kanalen rasat. Vi var fem som åkte alla lika nöjda.
28 Jun 2019
Thank you for your feedback.We are so pleased you enjoyed your holiday from Whitchurch and that we were able to transfer you so that you could still enjoy the route to Llangollen despite the stoppage. We hope to welcome you back aboard again soon.
28 Jun 2019
The boat was very good and well appointed. Moorings were plentiful and easy.
27 Jun 2019
All aspects exceeded expectations as first time canal boat users, we were surprised and delighted about how easy the whole process of handover and getting started was.
27 Jun 2019
Thank you for the great feedback. It's lovely to hear that as first time boaters you found the handover process easy and the whole experience exceeded your expectations. We look forward to helping you plan your next adventure, as experts!
28 Jun 2019
The boat was spotless and so well equiped. The cooking facilites were more than we expected. The beds were a bit narrow, but we managed. Will do it again, this being our first time ! Bernadettte and geoff pruden
27 Jun 2019
