Comments on: Home http://pillingslock.wordpress.com Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:04:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Geoff & Angela "Manu Tahi" http://pillingslock.wordpress.com/about/#comment-2382 Geoff & Angela "Manu Tahi" Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:14:34 +0000 #comment-2382 Dear Paul It is with some regret I wish to inform you that we will departing your great Marina for good on 1st July 2009. We have thoughly enjoyed our stay with you, but because of distance to travel we have decided to move to a marina on the Kennet and Avon canal which is only 30 minute drive from our home. We both think you run a great Marina and really loved watching it mature into a quite a little oasis. The Boathouse food, drink and ambience is hard to beat. So wishing you all the best for the future Angela and Geoff Manu Tahi Dear Paul
It is with some regret I wish to inform you that we will departing your great Marina for good on 1st July 2009.
We have thoughly enjoyed our stay with you, but because of distance to travel we have decided to move
to a marina on the Kennet and Avon canal which is only 30 minute drive from our home.

We both think you run a great Marina and really loved watching it mature into a quite a little oasis.
The Boathouse food, drink and ambience is hard to beat.

So wishing you all the best for the future

Angela and Geoff
Manu Tahi

]]> By: Kate Bramley http://pillingslock.wordpress.com/about/#comment-2381 Kate Bramley Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:08:38 +0000 #comment-2381 Hi Paul, This mail is from both myself and Ray to lend support to you, your staff and your lovely marina. We have been most surprised by some of the messages on your website of late and can only think that these persons must be in a parallel world and not actually on the same marina as myself and Ray. Since we arrived at Pillings at the beginning of your venture we have always been delighted with the helpful and friendly way that you and your staff have dealt with us and any problems we have had. I had always envisioned the cafe/bar to be exactly as it was intended, to be a bistro type bar/restaurant. Although Ray was slightly disappointed that there would be no draft beer, the reasons for this were fully explained at the time and have since proved to be correct. During the present economic climate we fully appreciate that the objectives that you have for the marina i.e electronic gates etc, may have to be deferred to a later date and we personally have no problem with this. Perhaps these people should go to the marina we came from and sample life there, where we were told not to use the water as it was on a meter and not to put our rubbish in the bins provided because the marina manager had to empty them, ( I kid you not), also there was no electric hook up facilities for non residents as the electrical supply to the marina could not support them and the hook ups that were there frequently tripped out if everyone wanted to do their washing at the same time. As to the points made by Mr. Llewellyn about the marina being open to the general public, yes I suppose in an ideal world this would not have to happen, but obviously the residents and leisure moorers trade would be nothing like sufficient to maintain this facility. You only have to have gone to Sawley marina over the years where there are many more boats moored and see the bar closed the majority of the time. Please pass our thanks on to all members of your staff, keep up the good work, Rome wasn't built in a day. Regards, Kate and Ray Bramley, ANNIE D. Hi Paul,

This mail is from both myself and Ray to lend support to you, your staff and your lovely marina. We have been most surprised by some of the messages on your website of late and can only think that these persons must be in a parallel world and not actually on the same marina as myself and Ray.

Since we arrived at Pillings at the beginning of your venture we have always been delighted with the helpful and friendly way that you and your staff have dealt with us and any problems we have had.

I had always envisioned the cafe/bar to be exactly as it was intended, to be a bistro type bar/restaurant. Although Ray was slightly disappointed that there would be no draft beer, the reasons for this were fully explained at the time and have since proved to be correct.

During the present economic climate we fully appreciate that the objectives that you have for the marina i.e electronic gates etc, may have to be deferred to a later date and we personally have no problem with this.

Perhaps these people should go to the marina we came from and sample life there, where we were told not to use the water as it was on a meter and not to put our rubbish in the bins provided because the marina manager had to empty them, ( I kid you not), also there was no electric hook up facilities for non residents as the electrical supply to the marina could not support them and the hook ups that were there frequently tripped out if everyone wanted to do their washing at the same time.

As to the points made by Mr. Llewellyn about the marina being open to the general public, yes I suppose in an ideal world this would not have to happen, but obviously the residents and leisure moorers trade would be nothing like sufficient to maintain this facility. You only have to have gone to Sawley marina over the years where there are many more boats moored and see the bar closed the majority of the time.

Please pass our thanks on to all members of your staff, keep up the good work, Rome wasn’t built in a day.

Regards,

Kate and Ray Bramley, ANNIE D.

]]> By: Terry Brigstock http://pillingslock.wordpress.com/about/#comment-2327 Terry Brigstock Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:57:13 +0000 #comment-2327 I have spoken to lots of people at the Marina about the Musical Evening detialed below all of which have said they are going to come, please pass the word around ask all your friends, it is so important that we support a cause very close to me and my family Thank you Terry A MUSICAL EVENING BY THE WATER’S EDGE Friday 19th June at 8.30pm Help raise money for PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT THE BOAT HOUSE CAFE - PILLINGS LOCK MARINA Barbershop Quartet Music from Gilbert & Sullivan And may be more Tickets £5 - available from Terry Brigstock tbrigstock@talktalk.net 07970466313 or Pillings Lock Marina Office/The Boat House Cafe Post Code LE12 8EN http://www.pillingslock.com Pillings Lock is situated between Barrow on Soar and Quorn and is sign posted from the A6 Price includes raffle prizes I have spoken to lots of people at the Marina about the Musical Evening detialed below all of which have said they are going to come, please pass the word around ask all your friends, it is so important that we support a cause very close to me and my family

Thank you Terry

A MUSICAL EVENING BY THE WATER’S EDGE

Friday 19th June at 8.30pm
Help raise money for
PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT

THE BOAT HOUSE CAFE – PILLINGS LOCK MARINA

Barbershop Quartet
Music from Gilbert & Sullivan
And may be more

Tickets £5 – available from Terry Brigstock tbrigstock@talktalk.net 07970466313 or Pillings Lock Marina Office/The Boat House Cafe Post Code LE12 8EN http://www.pillingslock.com
Pillings Lock is situated between Barrow on Soar and Quorn and is sign posted from the A6
Price includes raffle prizes

]]> By: Les Merry http://pillingslock.wordpress.com/about/#comment-2325 Les Merry Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:12:19 +0000 #comment-2325 Hello everyone who purchased an "Easter raffle ticket" for Adam Kendricks wheel chair appeal. We raised a total of £160 which will be put into the fund.Thanks to all the staff at Pillings Lock Marina who helped us raise this money for Adam.Thankyou all so very much Les and Susan Hello everyone who purchased an “Easter raffle ticket” for Adam Kendricks wheel chair appeal. We raised a total of £160 which will be put into the fund.Thanks to all the staff at Pillings Lock Marina who helped us raise this money for Adam.Thankyou all so very much
Les and Susan

]]> By: NickandWendy http://pillingslock.wordpress.com/about/#comment-2322 NickandWendy Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:57:33 +0000 #comment-2322 Just come back home from your open day. Excellent location and great dog display. Quite disappointed in the service in the restaurant - left sitting unserved for quite a while, asked to sit back down when I went to the counter to order, order taken using the wrong menu, correct menu brought out, no order taken. Left the restaurant with a coffee and empty stomach. Hope things get better Nick and Wendy <strong><em>Dear Nick & Wendy, We're so sorry you didn't have an enjoyable meal at our cafe this weekend. We were extremely busy with the event being our first one and at times we did struggle to get to everyone. Rest assured we are working hard to ensure we get 100% satisfaction from our clientelle and please do come back and try us again sometime very soon. Paul (PS I was on-site all weekend and we did have dozens of compliments about the food and service today so hopefully this was just a rare incident that doesn't normally happen) Just come back home from your open day. Excellent location and great dog display.
Quite disappointed in the service in the restaurant – left sitting unserved for quite a while, asked to sit back down when I went to the counter to order, order taken using the wrong menu, correct menu brought out, no order taken. Left the restaurant with a coffee and empty stomach.
Hope things get better
Nick and Wendy
Dear Nick & Wendy,
We’re so sorry you didn’t have an enjoyable meal at our cafe this weekend. We were extremely busy with the event being our first one and at times we did struggle to get to everyone. Rest assured we are working hard to ensure we get 100% satisfaction from our clientelle and please do come back and try us again sometime very soon.
Paul
(PS I was on-site all weekend and we did have dozens of compliments about the food and service today so hopefully this was just a rare incident that doesn’t normally happen)

]]> By: Richard Bleakley http://pillingslock.wordpress.com/about/#comment-2296 Richard Bleakley Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:18:11 +0000 #comment-2296 Hi Paul, Good to meet you on the ABYA course. Just having a nosey on your website, its rubbish. Your customers would be far better travellig north to a proper a marina :) I'll give you a shout sometime in the near future, i fancy coming down and sampling some of the fair at your cafe. Good luck with the boat sales mate. Richard @ York Marina. Hi Paul,

Good to meet you on the ABYA course. Just having a nosey on your website, its rubbish. Your customers would be far better travellig north to a proper a marina :)

I’ll give you a shout sometime in the near future, i fancy coming down and sampling some of the fair at your cafe.

Good luck with the boat sales mate.

Richard @ York Marina.

]]> By: Alan Unwin http://pillingslock.wordpress.com/about/#comment-2204 Alan Unwin Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:56:27 +0000 #comment-2204 Cracking carol nite paul Cracking carol nite paul

]]> By: aiden http://pillingslock.wordpress.com/about/#comment-2184 aiden Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:10:06 +0000 #comment-2184 merina is really nice and i like the new chef in the pub merina is really nice and i like the new chef in the pub

]]> By: Laurie Main http://pillingslock.wordpress.com/about/#comment-2170 Laurie Main Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:55:46 +0000 #comment-2170 Hi David, Thanks for your concern. We managed to pop up to Sawley last Thursday and get the boat safely round the corner and into Pillings. Luckily we were between rain fronts since the Monday after, the day we were going to move the boat, it was raining heavily again. Hi David,
Thanks for your concern. We managed to pop up to Sawley last Thursday and get the boat safely round the corner and into Pillings. Luckily we were between rain fronts since the Monday after, the day we were going to move the boat, it was raining heavily again.

]]> By: David Llewellyn http://pillingslock.wordpress.com/about/#comment-2169 David Llewellyn Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:11:57 +0000 #comment-2169 I say this as when i bought my N/boat last March from Bidford on Avon i experienced flood waters,and it is a scary matter when the River level rises some 8 ft above normal level! Seeing half a mature tree stream past your window and ending up in your hosts back garden poised above a stone wall wasn't a pleasent start to my canal boating. So glad for the Stratford canal to open to bring it on home up here before a repeat performance! Had my fears about the stories of the Soar and Trent,but delighted to know thanks to the fantastically thought out sluice up the way we have no worries about flooding at Pillings Lock! Despite all this rain i see the Marina's water level has only risen about 2 ". Roll on the end of the month when the weather will be mild for my friends visit and mini cruise! I say this as when i bought my N/boat last March from Bidford on Avon i experienced flood waters,and it is a scary matter when the River level rises some 8 ft above normal level!
Seeing half a mature tree stream past your window and ending up in your hosts back garden poised above a stone wall wasn’t a pleasent start to my canal boating.
So glad for the Stratford canal to open to bring it on home up here before a repeat performance!
Had my fears about the stories of the Soar and Trent,but delighted to know thanks to the fantastically thought out sluice up the way we have no worries about flooding at Pillings Lock!
Despite all this rain i see the Marina’s water level has only risen about 2 “.
Roll on the end of the month when the weather will be mild for my friends visit and mini cruise!

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