Bruce asked about the Beale Park woodpecker " Any chance of letting the rest of us share the joke? :-} "
Of course! If you ever see Jannock passing below a bridge you are stood on, you will notice that our short gangplank has 3 holes drilled at one end of it with the inscription painted on " No moor holes please!" On visiting the inside of said boat, you will also spy a gangplank repair kit hanging on the lounge wall that consists of 3 short lengths of dowel attractively packaged by Albion Enterprises. This was because during the IWA festival 2003 at Beale Park, we awoke one morning to find another list member busy drilling holes in the end of our gangplank in order to peg it to the bank using a stake. On enquiring why the Woodpecker was doing this, I was informed that it was OK, Andrew (Dyke) have given his permission for these holes to be drilled in order to secure the plank to the bank. On revealing to the Woodpecker that the aforementioned plank belonged to me and not Andrew, he was sore ashamed and has been the butt of many jokes ever since. Here endeth the chapter of the Beale Park Woodpecker. Graham www.jannock.org.uk
