The Weekly Cowpat Moosletter 1

I've just posted the first Weekly Cowpat Moosletter to our wonderful subscribers. If you want to have this plopping in your inbox then you should sign up in the box on the right. For those who've never seen it, here's what was posted this week... Subscribe soon 'cos I won't always be posting it on the blog!

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Welcome to the first WEEKLY COWPAT MOOSLETTER!

If you've subscribed this will be plopping into your inbox every week packed with an affectionate, sideways look at the British countryside. If you haven't subscribed get over to www.thecowpat.co.uk to subscribe now!

We need you to get involved. Send us your own country news, views and moos and you could be a star of a future email. Pull on yer wellies and jump in!

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10 PLACES TO VISIT THIS WEEKEND WITH DODGY NAMES BEGINNING WITH 'B'!

The British Countryside is full of quaint and charming place-names. Some however seem only to have been named to give schoolboys something to snigger at...

1. Badgers Mount - Kent
2. Bell End near Lickey End - Worcestershire
3. Boggy Bottom - Hertfordshire
4. Booby Dingle - Herefordshire
5. Bottom Burn - Fife
6. Breasty Haw - Lake District
7. Brown Willy - Cornwall
8. Bummers Hill - East Hertfordshire
9. Butt Hatch - Essex
10. Butty Moss - Cheshire

I think you can get creams for some of those!

Do you live near a place with a sniggersome name? Then email it to pat@thecowpat.co.uk - your mail could end up in a future Weekly Cowpat!

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THIS WEEK'S COWPAT ON THE BACK

Every week The Weekly Cowpat celebrates a hero of rural life with the soon-to-be-acclaimed COWPAT ON THE BACK award.

The first award is going to Iwan Jones, one of the five farmers from North Wales who, fed up of not being able to get a date, started advertising themselves on the side of their milk bottles. The scheme has been a success.
Their website at http://www.pishyn.com/gwefan/?L=cms.calonwen received 500,000 hits in the first 20 hours, Iwan has been on a number of dates and now even Hollywood is interested in turning the farmers who want to play the field into a film.
Iwan Jones, Casanova of the cow-shed, we salute you!

We want your nominations for the COWPAT ON THE BACK. Do you know someone who has done something great for the great British countryside and deserves a COWPAT ON THE BACK? Then email us at pat@thecowpat.co.uk

We also want your nominations for countryside villains. Who deserves a COWPAT SPLAT? Email us and tell us today!

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DID YOU KNOW...

Stalybridge in the foothills of the Pennines is the location of the pub with the longest name in the UK. It's called the The Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn. Try saying that after a few local ales!

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Hope you enjoyed the first moosletter. Hope I didn't milk the puns too much!

Don't forget to email me at pat@thecowpat.co.uk with your countryside news, links and events. And why not share the love and forward this to all your mates. You know you want to!

See you next week,

Pat the Cow

If you've been sent this email moosletter by a friend then buy 'em a pint of scrumpy 'cos they sound right nice. After you've done that, why not subscribe yourself by heading over to www.thecowpat.co.uk and then you'll never miss another dollop of the Weekly Cowpat moosletter!

Welcome to my field!

How do!

So, this is my new blog then. What does a cow want a blog for you ask? Well, simple. This little part of our green and pleasant land will be covering all aspects of country life from getting out and about to green stuff with a little bit of rural titbits thrown in for good measure.

I've also set up an email moosletter - The Weekly Cowpat - which you can subscribe to by adding your email address on the subscription box on the right. Get mooooving.

Most of all I'm hoping that this little paddock will become a little community where anyone with a passing interest in the countryside can come and chew the cud.

So pull yer wellies on and jump on in...