Lincoln to Leeds - Part 7

Lincoln to Leeds – The Facts and Figures

The first holiday of the year went without a hitch. Naughty-Cal has proved herself yet again to be in fine fettle and as reliable and capable as ever. The trip to Leeds proved to be both relaxing and at the same time rewarding. We like to visit new waterways and explore new and varied cruising grounds. This trip has proven to us that although still very much a commercial waterway, the Aire and Calder Navigation has a lot to offer the leisure boater, with plenty to see and do along the way.

In the ten days that we were away from our berth we covered:

• 188 miles
• 28 locks
• 15 swing/lift bridges

During the ten days our fuel consumption was:

• 125 litres of diesel (approx. 27.75 gallons)
• 6.8mpg
• 0.65 litres per mile

The fuel consumption figures above disregard the diesel used by the Webasto diesel heating which was running for between four and ten hours per day depending on the weather conditions. Taking this into account and the varied cruising speeds trough out the week, ranging from 4mph to 36mph, the figures achieved are actually very respectable for a sports cruiser such as Naughty-Cal.

With the first trip of the year over and done with we can now start to look forward to and start planning for the next short bank holiday break in a couple of weeks time, destination Boston and the Wash Estuary.