As long established members of The Flock might remember, The Black Sheep likes his desk calendars. Last year we were treated to the 12 lovely ladies from the Farmers Weekly classified team who went a step further than dress down Friday to pose for their charity office calendar.

An added reason to book a classified ad ....
A quick peak here with face obscured to protect the shy …
Citing reasons of overexposure, they declined to pose for a 2006 follow-up. A crying shame you say – The Black Sheep agrees.
Tragedy loomed as we thought we were doomed to spend the rest of the year staring at Mrs FWC’s “Business and Promotional Gifts Advertising Calendar (complete with inspiring daily pearls such as today’s “Only you can set you free”).
However, at the eleventh hour (or the third week of February) Mr Machinery Reporter’s web of contacts came to the rescue. A quick word to the JCB boys and their 2006 calendar winged its way to pride of place on The Black Sheep desk partition.
And my, what a calendar! Here’s a taste – and only a taste mind – can’t risk upsetting the more sentistive of Flock!
