From Leeds to Liverpool on the canal – actually I cheated, starting in Skipton and travelling as far as the outskirts of Leeds – and back again, not forgetting to stop at Saltaire, Sir Titus Salt’s model industrial village.  But the scenery is diverse – from the green Yorkshire Dales to the grey of the […]

Leeds to Liverpool

From Leeds to Liverpool on the canal – actually I cheated, starting in Skipton and travelling as far as the outskirts of Leeds – and back again, not forgetting to stop at Saltaire, Sir Titus Salt’s model industrial village.  But the scenery is diverse – from the green Yorkshire Dales to the grey of the erstwhile industrial heartland of West Yorkshire’s wool industry – the beer is peerless and the fish & chips are cooked in lard. Perfect.