A strange sight

[JohnGH]

At about nine o'clock last night there was a strange bang on the boat and I heard something in the water. I looked outside to see something big in the water which at first looked like a deer. It was a cow swimming by. The thing was on a mission, I guess looking for a way out, moving along the bank at walking pace. I followed it for a while but there was not much I could do. I informed the farmer - what would we do without the internet and mobile phones - who seemed a tad surprised, informing him it was heading towards Worsley on the Bridgewater Canal. I didn't see any evidence of it this morning heading into Manchester, so I guess the story has a happy ending, unless it doubled back and passed me again. I didn't know cows could swim, or maybe it was walking along the bottom.

[Québec]

Cows are excellent swimmers. Watch this...

[nb Innisfree]

Four legged animals don't learn to swim, they just try to walk which results in a doggy paddle.

[Guest]

Not what you would expect to see!

There is a story about a cow swimming through one of the canal tunnels (Foulridge?) many years ago.

[Athy]

Is this why some expensive boats are fitted with a cow thruster, to blast the bovines out of their path?

Edited August 25, 2013 by Athy

[Wanted]

It's a long time since I herd such nonsense...

[Jigsawged]

It's a long time since I herd such nonsense...

Sounds like a load of bull to me!

[MHS]

Is this why some expensive boats are fitted with a cow thruster, to blast the bovines out of their path?

Sounds like Bull to me!

 

Oops, beaten by a few seconds!

Edited August 25, 2013 by MHS

[pquinn]

i wonder if you could claim any salvage rights if you fished the cow out.

[Athy]

A low fee perhaps.

[matty40s]

How fast was it moo ving?

[Cruising Mike]

Give it a pat on the back

[Québec]

We're milking it now.

[junior]

You sure it was the Bridgewater and not the Uddersfied canal?

[Athy]

Or at Calf Heath?