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.
Leeds
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.
Leeds to Rodley by narrowboat in the cold and snow
During the winter months, in order to travel up the Leeds and Liverpool canal you need to book passage in advance with British Waterways. We did this today, travelling up to Rodley to fill up with fuel. As well as several single locks there are a couple of staircases with three locks each.
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.