So if you particularly like something (eg salmon, roast dinners, porridge for breakfast, or whatever) we would hope to see you include that in the answers to the questionnaire. Similarly, if you don't like certain foods (eg sprouts, liver, or perhaps even tripe), we hope you would tell us about that too.

We happily can, and do, cater for genuine special needs - for example we have had a regular client who had an intolerance to gluten, and we like to think we catered for his needs very adequately. We happily cater for vegetarian clients most of whom are happy to accept the inclusion of eggs and dairy products within their menus. As long as we know, and the foodstuffs are readily available, we can adapt our menus to suit.

So, we are going to make an important distinction here.... If potential guests feel that they require a diet, whilst on 'Willow', which requires ingredients not normally available from a traditional grocers, butchers, greengrocers, or fishmongers, they must discuss their dietary requirements with us, before confirming a booking for any charter. It may be that we can indeed make arrangements to source the required products - but it does need to be discussed before the booking becomes confirmed. Whilst we will always try to help, in extreme cases, we do reserve the right to refuse any booking for a charter if the provisioning for the cruise cannot be carried out using such traditional grocers, butchers, greengrocers, fishmongers. It is not sufficient to claim that a particular foodstuff is readily available in large supermarkets - as we do not always have access to such outlets, whilst we are out cruising a mainly rural canal system.