Leeds to Apperley. 13 Locks.


Here we go again.

The problem we are having here is that this is actually a nice piece of the canal system when the sun is shining, the water is as clear as if it had just come out of the tap, the amount of fish that you can see is unbelievable and the tree coverage makes this as good a place as any we have seen so far.

I have no doubt that there are lots of problems along here but if you avoid the bad times (ie after twelve) it is a nice cruise through.

Another characteristically deep and short lock for this part of the canal.

Any boat over about fifty eight feet long cannot get through these locks making this canal inaccessible to a lot of narrowboats.

Most normal locks are seventy feet plus, the difference here reminds me of the saying "A Camel is a Horse designed by a commitee".

Anyway, this is Drew parked on a lock beam,


and this is Becki parked on the other. Im still not sure we are training these lock slaves properly, this almost looks like fun.



The rare occasion when they are not ruining the picture by pointing to their bums. (sic).

We are now back at Leeds central after a full load of fuel has been taken aboard and the tanks have been considerably lightened.

Leeds is just so big, we might be around here for a while.........................