Rural craft
have never quite recovered from the scene in The African Queen when Humphrey Bogart clambers back onboard to find himself covered in leeches. It had a deep impact on my 14-year-old self and may explain my lifelong avoidance of immersion in any water that isn’t a bath. I have seen the occasional leech over the years and my revulsion is little dimmed. I suspect you would need to be a zoologist to
