Where to site comfrey

I've read a lot (and plenty in these forums!) about the virtues of comfrey and would like to grow a patch in the allotment.

Our allotment is a long plot running north to south, and I would really like to grow it up at the north end, which gets sun during the day but is shaded by a building late in the afternoon.  It's the one tricky part of our plot, so we could grow the comfrey there and never move it. It's also near to our shed and to our nearest water tap & butt.

BUT it is a long way from our compost heap, which is about fifty feet away towards the south end of the plot. To put leaves on the compost we'd have to transport them past all the veg beds. Will that distance be too much of a hassle? Should I try and find a place for it down by the compost? Any thoughts much appreciated

Haha! thank you! You can tell I've never grown comfrey before 

You're right, that's no trouble at all. Three cuts a year! I didn't know if I'd be taking it back and forth all the time

Leaves made new plants? Crikey - didn't know they did that. I was going to post about cutting mine down complete with flowers and putting it into the compost bin - would they produce seeds etc, but think I'll use as a mulch - but then would they seed into my soil or do I have to strip all the leaves off the stems for the mulch and discard the rest?

any corner will do, mine is in shade. As you only cut in 2 or 3 time s a season trip to compost heap is not too bad but wear gloves and long sleeves --  some people get adverse reaction from little hairs on the plants.
R

Put the Bockings between the compost bins or very near to them. They are not fussy about location as long as they're not in deep shade. Mine are in the hedge bottom and do fine 

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I've never had plants growing from leaves

If you pull a leave and place it in a jar of water you will get roots growing out of the leaf stem. I guess the volunteer plants come from contact with water and soil, which is all they need to sprout another plant.

If they are dug under or left on top to rot down you should be ok.

Oooh thanks for that bit of advice    I've just bought some Blocking 14 from work as the flowers were so pretty, so will multiply my stock 

Fascinating stuff, I think I will put the comfrey in the "awkward" spot and see how it gets on! Will remember about the skin irritation too, thanks for the warning.

Surface mulch sounds good, since I will be carrying it past the beds anyway! I had heard that comfrey used as a mulch acts as a slug lure (to distract them from eating the crops - anyone seen this in practice?) so will see if that happens or not...