a chain worn baldricwise

All I spot are lots of anglers on the canal at Wigan, indulging in a sport where social distancing is de rigueur!

Not like those steps / On heaven's azure.

Last week, as the latest escapee dog paddled his way to freedom across the Spandau ship canal, the Grepos machine-pistoled him down with seven slugs. Sinking in mid stream, he became the 58th victim—and the first dog—to die since 1961 while trying to enter West Berlin from the East German democratic workers’ paradise.