We set out for 'fat band territory' this afternoon. Just before 1pm, having been to Rugby for the shopping (including getting fresh herbs to hang in the stern) and having moved in the marina for fuel and calor gas, we set out onto the cut - meaning the canal. In between Blue Haven and the bridge for Crick Road, a whole duck contingent joined us. Ms Duck first visited Elizabeth in the bows as she finished her role as human bow thruster (E with the barge pole, moving Bella's bow gently to starboard [right] so that we could edge north). Ms Duck made her way from fore to aft, and is here just caught beside the hatch cover at the stern. Many noisy quacks later, she joined her troupe.
