COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO

Richard and I always used to crow and feel proud of ourselved whenever we thought that we had done anything spectacularly clever. If the weather was good we would march around the garden with saucepans on our heads having a parade! Well, I think a parade would be in order if it wasn't that it is too bloody cold. We have won an award!

http://www.forensicscience.net/best-cryptozoology-blogs

We are #1 with two other blogs in the listing. Thanks guys!

Forensic Science

Top Cryptozoology Blogs

A CAUTIONARY TALE

I really should have a camera with me at all times.

Hoops Inn is a particularly nice pub just down the road from the CFZ. I have been going there for over thirty years. It was where I always took young ladies I was trying to impress, and it was where Corinna and I spent our wedding night.

One has to drive past it every time we go to Bideford. On Wednesday Graham and I were Asda-bound when we were held up for nearly 20 minutes trying to drive past the pub. There had been an accident; a trailer had overturned, there were police cars and various emergency vehicles scattered around. As usually happens, the quick trip to Asda turned into a much more mammoth occasion, and it was not for three hours that we were on the same road going home! Much to our surprise the obstructions were still there.

Yesterday I got this email from Dan Holdsworth asking simply "will the CFZ be reporting this?" and giving a URL:

http://swns.com/tractor-covers-country-pub-in-ten-tonnes-of-manure-011637.html

It was quite a popular story yesterday. But no one had a picture to go with it. Now, if I had only remembered my camera!

ROBERT SCHNECK WRITES...

Hi Jon,

Just finished watching the new On the Track; it is excellent. First, I would like to be recognised as a 'yes' vote if you're counting supporters of having Prudence on the sofa while Corinna describes bird sightings; the snoring somehow makes it that much more CFZ.

I think taking in Prudence and giving her a loving home earns you an extra harp in Heaven. I've avoided reading about her background because I wouldn't be able to stop thinking about it, but seeing her curled up on the sofa and playing in the yard makes the world a better place.

Sincerely,
Robert

CFZ PRESS SUCCESS. YAY!

http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/czbook2010/

Loren has published his annual top 20 Crypto books - and five of them are ours! Thanks Loren.,

JAN EDWARDS: Farplace in the snow

It's a bit cold here.


Not the sort of cold they have been getting in Siberia or Moscow. Not even the sort of cold they have been getting in Scotland or Wales. More like a low of -6C and a high of about zero (32F).


And boy, do we have snow!


The main road through the dale (A689) was blocked last night. Up here on the hillside overlooking the valley, it’s currently a little over knee-deep and drifting to 7 foot.


Bonnie, one of the ponies, had a bad case of icicles on her tummy this morning. She jingled when she walked.


The water troughs are frozen over and need the ice breaking twice a day. But we have plenty of animal (and human) food in, and lots of bedding to keep them cosy. I am currently caring for well over 200 animals at the moment – and it’s not easy on my own. My staff can't get in for work, so I am having to do everyone else’s jobs as well as my own.


But we have had it worse. So far we still have a working water supply. We have lots of fuel. And (hopefully) we don’t have to go out anywhere for a while. It will take quite a while to dig out the Farplace rescue car, even if the roads are passable.


Here’s a few pics from the Frozen North.

Jan Edwards, Head of Animal Care
Farplace Animal Rescue - the no-kill animal sanctuary
Farplace, Sidehead, Westgate, County Durham, DL13 1LE
www.farplace.org.uk
tel: 01388 517397 mobile 07860 523434
Registered Charity number 1126812
Registered Company number 4397258

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today

http://cryptozoologynews.blogspot.com/

On this day in 1877 the Mary Celeste was found floating near the Azores without her crew. There were no signs of a struggle, there was enough food and fresh water aboard to last for 6 months, and no reports of storms or rough seas in the area.
And now, the news:

Albino redwoods hold scientific mystery (via Chad ...
Teenage great white sharks are too weak to stalk b...
Millions of bees dead after invading home
Mercury 'turns' wetland birds such as ibises homos...
Man Finds African Wild Cat Inside Barn

More kittens in boxes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdQj2ohqCBk

FERRYBRIDGE EVENT CANCELLED

Hey Jon

Can you, please, let folk know that Ferrybridge event this Sunday is cancelled due to bad weather.

Regards
David