Getting saucy with chicken

摘要

The poor old Captain has a lot to put up with as many of our friends on the cut will testify. Now there's another demand on him. Each time we moor up he knows it has to be near somewhere I can hang up my collection of bird feeders. Whether it's summer or winter, my feeders go out. It's amazing how quickly the birds find the food. Robins and blue tits will happily colonise their towpath territory but, more unusually, my feathered feast has attracted lesser species. A family flock of delicate little long-tailed tits and several pairs of nuthatches who stole away whole nuts to hide them in the bark of trees as their winter larder. It's just another great way to enjoy the many pleasures of boating.