Left Alsager mid-morning. It has become quite cold again with increasing wind. Locks are coming thick and fast. Stopped for lunch the stopped again shortly after at Wheelock to take on water. As we left 2 fishermen at the end of the wharf told us they had found a lost baby duckling. Annie volunteered to take it on board and they readily handed over a little bundle of fluff.
'Duck' is only a few days old. We looked out for ducks with chicks and spotted one after only 5 minutes. Annie held it out, then put it in the water to swim after the mother duck and her chicks. Mum however totally ignored little Duck. We thought we had now lost him but he gave up chasing, turned round, and swam back to Annie! I guess that decided it. We are now googling how to look after a duck...
Arrived at Middlewich in Cheshire which is where the Shropshire Union Canal junctions with the Trent & Mersey. We turned left onto the Shroppie, went up one lock and moored for the night. An 8pm finish gave enough justification for getting our tea from the Kings Lock chippie.
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