This is Martha's room when she's aboard, a nautically magical retreat for kids and a snug but comfortable sleeping nook for adults of average height. In the passageway leading aft there is a fifth single birth next to a second hanging closet. All births have reading lights above the pillow. An American breakfast is normally served, but for those just wanting a snack a full English breakfast can be organised. Dinners either inside or on deck can be provided with prior notice.
Guide dogs are naturally welcome and other pets on deck by prior arrangement.
The skipper always knocks but will need access to the saloon and galley for cooking, housekeeping, the electrical panel and tending the fire. Rates quoted are for the whole little ship, so guests will never be strangers to each other. Excursions on the river are certainly possible, simply incurring the normal cruise rate for each day we move on the river. Rates are less than for cruising because the accommodation is at a fixed mooring, usually on Midsummer Common or next to Jesus Green, Cambridge's most popular park or on the Ely waterfront. In Cambridge there are fine restaurants, pubs, rowing clubs, an outdoor swimming pool, a kids playground, grass tennis courts and punts for hire all within yards of Alida.