The sunny weather has brought all the boats out. This long Easter weekend’s clement weather, a relief after the cruel winter, is a call to paint, varnish, sandpaper, tackle rust, and generally fix and spring clean.
On the Aire and Calder
Winter mooring at Clarence Dock, Leeds
This is the mooring we’re staying on in Leeds over winter. Ours is the blue narrowboat with the cream roof, second from the left, between a dutch barge and a tug. Just outside our door is Mumtaz restaurant, which does superb Pakistani food.
Mikuni diesel heater repaired and refitted
Thanks to Mellor Auto Electrical in Ossett, West Yorkshire, the Mikuni Diesel heater’s been working reliably for several months
Arrived at Leeds winter mooring, at last
Finally made it back to Leeds, Clarence Dock, the Royal Armouries and our winter mooring. We would have been here six weeks ago if it hadn’t been for the canal freezing over, so it’s great to finally arrive, tie up the boat, connect to the electric point and relax. This will be our home for the next few months.
London to Leeds took us 5 weeks by narrowboat
It took Alisha and I five weeks to travel from London to Leeds by narrowboat. We travelled 353 miles, through 164 locks and 35 moveable bridges, across 11 aquaducts and through 4 tunnels. 121 miles of the journey was on large rivers.