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Clarence Dock, Leeds

On the Aire and Calder · March 17, 2011

Moorings at Clarence Dock, Leeds

This is the mooring we've staying on in Leeds over winter. Ours is the blue narrowboat with the cream roof, second from the left, between a …

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Arrived at Leeds winter mooring, at last

On the Aire and Calder · January 19, 2011

Clarence Dock in Leeds

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 …

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Winter mooring at Clarence Dock

On the Aire and Calder · November 26, 2010

Flood gate at Clarence Dock, Leeds

Alisha and I have decided to buy a winter mooring. This will make life easier for the next four months. We'll have a base and won't need to …

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Leeds to Rodley in the cold and snow

On the Leeds and Liverpool canal · November 25, 2010

British waterways van and narrowboat

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 …

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London to Leeds took us 5 weeks by narrowboat

On the Aire and Calder · November 9, 2010

It took Alisha and I five weeks to travel from London to Leeds by narrowboat. Along the way we stopped off for a few days at Windsor, …

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Flooded River Ouse in York

Flooding in York

In York the towpath beside the museum gardens is flooded, and the moorings are hidden below about a metre and a half’s rise in the water level.

York

Selby to York

There was a surprising amount of floating junk to avoid on the tidal river between Selby and York, mostly large logs and branches but also a dead cow.

Narrowboat Trilby

Paul Widdowson boat in Sheffield

Narrowboat Audrey Too was built by Paul Widdowson.We hadn’t seen another boat by the same builder, but on arriving at Sheffield’s Victoria Quays, we were put near to another Paul Widdowson built boat called Trilby.

Bridges to Sheffield

Through Tinsley Locks to Sheffield

Alisha’s doing temp work near Sheffield until the end of June, so we’ve decided to stay there for a few weeks. The Tinsley Flight of 11 small locks has to be traversed to reach Sheffield. It didn’t start raining until we were at the penultimate lock, and the shower was heavy but quick. On arrival in Sheffield’s Victoria Quays there was a rainbow.

Grand Union Canal

Best canalside cafe

Terrapin spotted in canal

Blisworth Tunnel

Headed towards Blisworth Tunnel

Coot with its young

Coots nests

Narrowboat Audrey Too

Back on the water on Narrowboat Audrey Too

Life on land

Movable Bridges

Another boat is baptised

Marinas and wireless Internet

Aqueduct

Gongoozling at Stoke Bruerne

Great Linford to Stoke Bruerne

Leeds and Liverpool

Stern of frozen narrowboat

Winterising our narrowboat

Narrowboat Audrey Too in snow

Thaw and freeze

Narrowboat in the frozen canal

Surviving winter on a narrowboat

Narrowboat in the snow

Narrowboat in the snow

Swans and ducks on the frozen canal

Audrey Too in the ice at Rodley

Stuck in the ice at Rodley

Regent’s Canal

Islington Tunnel

Cruise from Paddington to Islington

Boats that make me smile

Paint your boat

I’m trying to sink your boat

Narrowboat Icebreaker

Angel and wild geese

London Canal Museum. Photo by Alan Murray-Rust

London Canal Museum

River Thames

Isis Lock

Goodbye Thames, hello Oxford Canal

Spooky moorings at Mapledurham

Temple Island near Henley-on-Thames

Temple Island

Narrowboat moored in Marlow

Moored on the Thames at Marlow

Moored outside Hampton Court

Nicholson Waterways Guides

Nicholson Waterways Guides

More boats that make me smile

Single handed boating on the canal in Soulbury

Single-handed boating on the canals

Richmond Lock and Weir

Goodbye River Thames

Nice place, couldn’t leave

More repairs

Bristol fashion behind Bristol

Aire and Calder

Wooden seat varnished, deck painted

Painting and varnishing, getting our narrowboat ready to travel

River Lee

Canalside regeneration?

Sheffield and South Yorkshire

Narrowboat Trilby

Paul Widdowson boat in Sheffield

Bridges to Sheffield

Through Tinsley Locks to Sheffield

Sprotbrough on the River Don

Doncaster's secure moorings

Sykehouse Lock to Doncaster in windy weather

I won't go cruising without...

I won’t go cruising without…

Two very straight canals with lift and swing bridges

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