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Mike Pallant reports: “Many things impressed us during our recent cruise through the Panama Canal not least the mules – not the four legged type.These mules are diesel engine tractors which run along rail tracks on either side of the Canal.Four mules accompanied our ship, Cunard’s Queen Victoria, situated port and starboard at the bow and port and starboard at the stern. Each mule is connected by hawser to the vessel passing through the Canal and the Panamanian pilot can slacken or tighten each hawser by instruction from the bridge. Thus, the entering ship is perfectly centred within the Canal which was just as well in our case since we only had a 10”clearance either side.”