The Reach

This short side way runs northwest off Lackpurse Lane to the west of Dretch Lane, climbing a steep slope to reach a cluster of warehouses - including Crommor's Warehouse.

It's named after the nautical term reach, and got the name after a group of sailors watched a companion, in icy winter weather, come out of one of the warehouses and slide - quickly and helplessly, arms windmilling just to stay upright - down it and across Lackpurse Lane into the buildings beyond, where he fetched up against a wall of

crates with the inevitable crash.

It’'s a popular place for sailors to hang out these days, telling yarns of their lives at sea and looking for trouble. Don'’t approach unless you'’re looking for a fight - —which is what I watched a trio of adventurers do, one evening, deliberately starting a brawl so they could smash heads against walls, hurl sailors down into Lackpurse Lane, and generally send teeth flying.