Its amazing what can arrive in the post when you've been out for a few days. First up in the Taking Stock postbag today were the catalogues for the next round of Stirling sales - Charolais and Simmental sales are now just ten days away!
These will of course be studiously studied in the next few days and previews will appear here in due course...
Then there was something incredibly intriguing, a plain white envelope with an Aberdeenshire postmark. This envelope had absolutely nothing inside it, was posted on Monday and sent to me by name.
The interesting part was what was written on the back of the envelope, it read and I'll quote directly
"TIME FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO SOME D.O.B PERTH FEB - AS FOR CARLISLE!
CC BLCS
YOU WILL HAVE TO FACE UP THIS ISSUE"
following that there was what appeared to be an S scrubbed out - see the pic below!
All very mysterious, but I believe the Limousin society have received similar correspondence before, so I'm intrigued to investigate futher! Anyone here care to own up to sending it or able to shed any light on its origins??
After that the postbag was a tad empty - yep that's right no Carlisle catalogue on my desk yet, obviously the Cumbrian postal service is slacking this week, hopefully it will be here tomorrow for abit of light reading over the weekend...
answers on a postcard please!
or a stuck down envelope.
must have been a fan of 80s TV as Noel Edmonds used to advocate this thrifty policy.
at least it had a stamp.
can't have been from a native as they wouldn't have wasted 30-odd pence!
Well to be fair BGC it was a second class stamp, not a first class one!! I've got my suspicions - have a look back through to previous recent comments and see what you find!
Ummm, interesting way of doing things. Sounds like someone's trying to teach granny to suck eggs, or should that be boil them?!
I don't understand this at all..
Anyone care to explain?
Well confused, basically, someone in Aberdeenshire seems to believe some bulls entered for the spring sales haven't got the right dates of birth declared and has chosen to try and alert me to the fact by this means. I'm not saying they're right or wrong either way, just merely asking if anyone will own up to sending this mail and come forward with any evidence. Of course if they have no evidence I'd also like them to come forward and own up to stirring the pot for the sake of it!
It's maybe Haddo Pele!
SW, blimey a sheep that can write and get itself from Cumbria to Aberdeenshire to post a letter - no wonder he was in such demand in the summer!!
Slightly strange postbag indeed ! Although the writer does have a point.Its a bit of a taboo subject across all livestock breeds, although i think rigorous on farm inspections would be the only way to stamp it out.
There have been some very dubious bulls and tups around in recent sales though.