Leek

Here I am Rune

Distance 6.8 miles

Total 557 Locks 18 Tunnels

Running total mileage 851.4miles

A Friday night in Leek, what could be better? As it turns out it doesn’t seem too bad a mooring at the Leek end of the branch. We are about half a mile out from Leek itself and quite isolated in a rural area. The trip along this canal is quite slow partly because it is very narrow and partly because it is also quite shallow in places. It is curious that we are unlikely to get to the Froghall terminus because Froghall tunnel is so low, and yet Leek tunnel has loads of headroom. The one notable thing about this canal is that all of the corners seem to be very tight, I don’t normally clatter into things (much!) but along here I’ve already hit the bankside on one corner and nudged a bridge at another tight corner, the canal was probably built for shorter boats (and the Froghall section for shorter people!).

Weekend has come around again (where do the weeks go?) so tomorrow morning it will be up the road to Morrisons to restock with weekend food before travelling back down the canal an then along the Froghall section.

The Leek end of the Caldon Canal