Leeds. An ‘interesting’ mooring in the basin called Clarence Dock. We were right beside the Armouries Museum, which has the most fantastic collections of weapons I’ve seen. The basin in vaguely reminiscent of Liverpool, but with only visitor mooring for 3 boats, and swirling winds that made maneuvering challenging, not nearly as congenial as Liverpool.
Aire River in Leeds
We had arrived last evening, met with Chris and Nick, and had a tapas evening meal that was great. We toured the museum today, then went into town, sorted out the rail tickets for Ruth and Roy, and did a quick walk-through of the city center. The market is huge, and we enjoyed some market food, made a few purchases of fresh things, then back to the boat.
Because we had no space in visitor moorings, we decided to move along, and entered the Aire River navigation. Huge, power-operated locks, wide spaces and virtually no traffic at all. Wierd. We moored at Woodlesford, the walked into the villages of Woodlesford and Oulton. The winds died down, and the reflections on the river as the sun set were a perfect end to another day.
sunset on the Aire River at Woodlesford
