Unexpected visitor on the Ashby Canal 
July 18 2006 
 
He (or she) appeared at 5.45am on the towpath just below bridge 22 
on the Ashby canal and kept me amused for a couple of hours  (Liz 
was still asleep for most of this). When he wasn't galloping past 
the boat he was nuzzling my hand through the side hatch.