Sowerby Basin and pubs

Shire cruisers offices with some of their 'counties' lined up (Tormentil used to be Somerset).

Looking from Sowerby basin towards Halifax tower (not sure what it was for but obviously built as a status symbol by some victorian gent).

Greygal is thinking of moving up to Sowerby basin for the summer. The picture at the top is Tormentil moored there currently. We are moored to the restaurant boat Cassoulet (the superstructure cabin belongs to them not Tormentil) they weren't open last weekend but I think they do cruising whilst feeding customers. The buildings behind are old warehouses being done up slowly (the new windows have only reached a few floors). The blackbirds are enjoying nesting in the upper floors, but the other buildings around the basin have all been done up. One is the Moorings pub and restaurant. It’s a large popular pub with good beer (so I’m told), the steaks looked good but I haven’t tried one yet. Below it is the Temujin restaurant serving Mongolian food.

Again sounds interesting but not tried yet. We did eat at the Village restaurant at the top of the wharf road and that had Indian and Indonesian food, very tasty but the meat was a bit dry. The buildings are very tastefully lit at night and the basin looks very nice then with the buildings reflected in the glass-like water. We wanted to take a picture but didn’t think it would do it justice. Despite the crowds in the pub (which you can’t hear) we had two very peaceful nights there.