Shortly after leaving the flood lock and taking the right-hand fork to Leeds we passed the Boat Inn. There are yards of good mooring there, uncommon on a river navigation, and the pub looks worthy of investigation in future.
All the locks today were unmanned. Lemonroyd is the deepest and with Pat topside, roping up to the risers appeared difficult to manage and risky. So the best strategy was to stay well back in the lock. If it were an end fill then the boat would be well out of the way and if side fill then these are generally much gentler and can be managed on the engine. This worked perfectly in all the locks except Leeds lock which is so short that the bows are best in the V of the top gates. The fill was very gentle in the event. There is a lot of construction going on around Leeds Lock to do with a flood alleviation scheme. This made it easier to reverse into the dock and we were directed to a pontoon.
Time for a visit to the Armouries Museum. An amazing collection of weapons and armour with a few significant battle dioramas.
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