We have enjoyed a few days of city living in the centre of Leeds. It was showery and windy, with gusts swirling around the tall buildings and making fun for all the narrow boats trying to manoeuvre in and out of births. Fortunately everyone mucked in and helped each other with encouragement and judicious use of ropes. This boat on Granary Wharf had its jumper on :)
We moved to the Leeds dock, taking in a stretch of the river Aire on the way.
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| The river Aire in Leeds. |
Leeds dock has been redeveloped and is very civilised. There is a water taxi to Granary wharf (near the town centre where the Hilton and the station are) for commuters, trippers and boaters alike. However we mostly walked the city, shopping and looking around. The huge national armouries museum was right next to our mooring at Leeds dock and Robin had a nose in there.
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| Harold in Leeds dock (on the pontoon on the left) |
Eventually we decided we had better leave. We will go backwards rather than forwards, with several river and canal complications making it a better option for us this year. We'll go back to Skipton initially and head for Liverpool. On Saturday morning we set off early in rain. There were showers on and off all day but help from lock-keepers at the two 3 rise locks and a comfortable mooring at Rodley by mid-afternoon made it bearable.
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