Cow Island

Helloooooooooooooooooooooooooooo (I found a spare box of 'o's in my cabin, sometimes life has these little surprises!) Annie person here....we seem to be doing the sailing thing again...ho hum! Now Norma (my best friend) has asked me to look after Mr Norman, so you join us halfway through a game of deck 'Shove Geraldine'....this is a spin off from my earlier game of deck 'Shove Mr Norman' which failed to take off for what Captain Eyepatch has described as 'very obvious reasons'. I am currently describing Captain Eyepatch as 'bitten on the tail'. I'm quite pleased with the way this second game is going and might consider some sort of offer for a global franchise deal...possibly in exchange for some trifle or a nice set of hoof mittens as it seems to be getting cold. Right, must go, it's my turn.......have fun whatever you're doing...what are you doing by the way? I suppose you can't be that busy because you have time to read this! ...

'All clear ahead!' called down Bertha. 'Hard a Starboliarboliboard!' mooed Captain Bill. 'Are you sure you don't mean Port?' asked Norma. 'Whatever!' replied Captain Bill. 'Has anybody seen my pencil? said Horace. 'I think Annie's got it!' said Norma. 'Sheepy Pirate Ship in sight!' called down Bertha. 'AAARRRGGGGHHHH!' screamed Captain Bill. 'Just joking!' added Bertha. 'I do wish she wouldn't keep doing that!' said Captain Bill. 'Anyone for 9th breakfast?' asked Cyril. 'Annie won't give it back!' said Horace. 'Annie!' called out Norma. 'Steer Not North!' mooed Captain Bill. 'So shall I eat it?' asked Cyril. 'Actually,' said Captain Bill. 'Too late!' said Cyril. 'She's broken the tip off!' moaned Horace. 'Annie!' called out Norma. 'Is it going to be like this for the whole voyage?' asked Norman. 'Very possibl...

'It's just that I thought he should be aiming a little lower than that!' said Captain Bill. 'Oh, now he wants to be involved!' mooed Bertha. 'I'm just making a suggestion!' replied Captain Bill. Captain Bill, Bertha, Norma....actually all of the Cows, were gathered together on the deck of the Pickled Heifer, looking down at where Norman was standing in the water. Norman was equipped with, what Bertha had described as, a Mark IV Thumper. 'Bertha and I are very sure about where the ship needs to be hit,' said Norma, 'we did measure it all out......twice.' 'Hmmmmmmm?' replied Captain Bill. 'AND WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?' bellowed Bertha. But before Captain Bill could reply Norman decided to take matters into his own trunk* and gave the Pickled Heifer a very large thump. The ship jolted, shuddered and then with a bit of a scrapping noise, slid of the rocks and back into the sea. Where is listed rather heavily to one si...

Morning everyone! Oh look, it seems as if Norma and myself have been left to sort things out! Who'd have thought that that would happen? Still, step forward the ladies who launch! Now I realise that it looks as if all I'm doing is collecting a very large sack of grass....possibly because that's what I am doing...but all will become clear! Both to you and to our lovely Captain...how do we manage without him?* Right, on with the day! Do try to sit up straight if you're working at a desk. Bertha *Yes, that's what I thought as well!

Morning all, Captain Bill here, fully in command and knitted compass at the ready. I'm pleased to report that little Annie's included a free upgrade and has added an extra 'Not North' onto the back of it just for emergencies! Well I think it's only right for me to say that things have turned out pretty much as I expected. Norman has been found and it only remains for us to get the Pickled Heifer off the rocks and then we can set sail. Now it would be very easy for me to stampede in with a solution to that problem but part of being a first class Captain is allowing the crew to find their own solutions....so I'm leaving it to them! I believe Bertha and Norma have already put their horns together, so lets see what they come up with! Right, duty calls! Captain Bill

Morning everyone, Norma here, how are you all today? Now I must start by thanking all of you who were so concerned about Captain Bill. As you can see he's safely tucked up for a rest at the moment. We got him back down to the bottom of the very tall thing yesterday afternoon and decided there wasn't a moment to loose! Annie, Geraldine and myself set to work and in a difficult 4 hour operation we managed to repair the knitted compass. It was touch and go for a while I can tell you! Annie did most of the work, I helped and Geraldine stood by with a small bag of herring. I have to say, Annie did a wonderful job and you can hardly see the stitches! Having got that far and with the patient showing little sign of distress, I made a quick decision and we went for broke and put his hat back on as well! I'm sure you can imagine how tired we all were by the end of it all. Well that's all for the moment. I do hope you have a nice day, is the sun out? Norma

'And then Cyril did exactly what I asked him to do!' said Captain Bill with a flourish. 'Well I think you all did ever so well!' replied Norma, 'I would have been soooooo worried if it had been me! You really have been through a bit of a scrape.' 'I suppose,' said Captain Bill, 'but how to panic properly is one of the things they teach you at Captain School and on reflection it was a small price to pay.' 'I'm sure they do,' said Norma, 'and I'm not without hope that we can fix it once we've got you back down to the ground.' 'Are you sure?' asked Captain Bill with a weak smile. 'Oh yes!' replied Norma,'I'll ask Annie what she thinks, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if we can get it as good as new!' 'Only a I don't think I'd feel like I was a proper Captain without a knitted compass!' said Captain Bill. But Norma assured Captain Bill that of all the things that might l...