Granary Wharf Leeds

Well here we are again in wonderful Granary Wharf Leeds. Leeds is such a great city, we are so lucky to ply between the two superb cities of Leeds and Liverpool. So much to see and do here and the terminus warehouse that is so attractive. The…

Wake up to this, then the Bingley 5 rise

What a brilliant place to wake up to! Then it was on to the Bingley 5 Rise. This fabulous set of locks is the steepest flight of locks in the UK, with a gradient of about 1:5 (a rise of 59ft 2in (18.03m) over a distance of 320 ft) with…

Overnight Mooring

Another brilliant overnight mooring for Lay teal on the Lees Liverpool heading down toward Bingley, so down the wonderful Five Rise tomorrow.

Al Fresco Lunch on Lady Teal

Such a lovely day and such a lovely spot, lets lunch outside, fabulous Al Fresco lunch on Lady Teal. We were up on the curly wurlies in the Yorkshire Dales.

Mooring at Greenberfield

Mooring at Greenberfield is so lovely, we are lucky with so many wonderful spots to moor and not much traffic to mess us up! Greenberfield is also interesting, to the canal geeks like me! There used to be a staircase lock here but when it fell…

Foulridge Tunnel

Foulridge tunnel is the longest of the tunnels we go through, nearly a mile long but you can see right through it. The tunnel was built two thirds cut and cover due to the difficult ground and there are no records of anyone being killed in its…

Lovely Lancashire

The lovely Lancashire countryside is up to any in the country and is far too easily overlooked. We always think of gritty mill towns, Blackburn, Burnley and Wigan and forget the wonderful countryside that surrounds them. Passing through it really…

Johnson Hillocks

Well here we are again at one of our favourite flights, Johnson Hillocks. Is it really that far to Leeds, then onto Goole!

Appley Bridge Lunch

A lovely lunch spot on the Leeds Liverpool. Apply lock is a single deep lock though in the past, to save water two individual locks were put in operation. Unfortunately these are now in disprepair, but it does make a lovely spot for lunch.   A…

Leeds Liverpool Canal Halsall

John Longbotham was the canal engineer put in charge of the building of the Leeds Liverpool. As you can imagine this was a bit of an interesting one given it was necessary to team up Lancastrians and Yorkshiremen! To try and deal with this in…