NB Ellend moored up at the Skipton Festival May 2013 - From BBC 15th August 2012:
The first horse-drawn canal boat to travel the length of the extended Leeds to Liverpool canal has arrived in the city's Pier Head.
It marked the end of a five-month, 128-mile journey for horse Bilbo Baggins and 60-foot Yorkshire narrow boat Elland.
Horse boating Society chairwoman Sue Day, who has travelled on board, said they had been made "very welcome".
She added: "People have been flabbergasted at the sight".
Bilbo Baggins
The cob type stallion arrived at the Pier Head decorated in union jack colours
Ms Day, who started the journey in April, said it was the first time in 68 years that a horse-drawn canal boat had followed the canal route and the first time one had arrived in the city centre.
She added: "Horseboating has become incredibly rare - there are only five of us in Britain with horse-drawn boats.