Tales from the Roe Valley
 

Of Yows and Cows and People in White Coats

A nearly true tale of pointless endeavour remorselessly pursued. This story proves that all that fresh air in the country is not necessarily good for you.

Just ploughing along

About the fascinating hobby of precision ploughing. A tale of derring-do and brave men riding tractors or possibly some horses.

Positive Feedback and ewe

  A near circular story which ewe will find hard to believe - but based on fact and offering a neat scientific explanation for some very strange animal behaviour.

A Walk in the Dark  
 
About the scary things that can happen to a man when walking his dog in the Roe Valley Country Park.

During the night, of course.
The famous Limavady
Cattle Stampede

  The tale of one careless border collie, his surprised owner and a herd of even more surprised cows.

Berta, the Flatulent

 
About a well named cow who saved the day for a very lucky greenhorn cowboy.

A Scenic Drive

  A trip around the beautiful Roe Valley, featuring stunning scenery, bad driving, a wet submarine inspector and some strange customs.

Ewe Talk

  About ovine communication skills and life on the mountain.

The Guesthouse in Killarney

  A story which does for Irish tourism what Northern Rock did for the British banking system.

Strangers in Town

 This true tale just shows that you never know who watches you when you feel perfectly safe and unobserved in a strange land.


The Day they blew B2

 A tale of industrial know-how expertly planned and realised in BOC's now defunct Maydown plant.

The Beaker People

 
Industrial shinannigans and social climbing at BOC's long-gone Maydown plant. After reading this tale of woe, you'll never want to wear a safety helmet again!

 
 

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Two Tudors

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