Friday 12 th June 2020 We waited until the rain had stopped and Jacob had held his Maths on-line ‘battle’ with his teacher before moving off. A boat moored overnight ahead of us had trouble. His calorifier had ruptured and filled his engine room bilge, overflowing into the cabin. They had only bought the boat the day before. I helped Trevor bail it out, using our vacuum pump for the last of the water. They now have to call into Kings Lock Chandlery for repairs. Just as we were about to set off, a boat came around the corner. We let them pass but then discovered they were going even slower than our sedate cruise. At Park Farm we witnessed a cow calving right beside the canal, actually seeing the calf drop before staggering to its feet and immediately finding the cows teats. A remarkable thing to see from a canal. After descending Stanthorne Lock, we moored above the River Wheelock Aqueduct at the site of the 2018 breach, just on the outskirts of Middlewich. Once m...