After a couple of weeks of excellent reports and a good start of the year for our literary genius Mr James, normal proceedings had resumed by the end of January

(i) Work Commitments
(ii) Bad hand
(iii) Mechanical problems
(iv) Uncle’s broken clutch
(v) Short of legs blah blah blah…….

So it is earlier in the year than expected that the first guest writer has to step in on his behalf. Recent weeks require a brief update as a fair bit has been missed.

The newly appointed Captain seems to be doing an excellent job thus far considering his relative age.

Young:- Definitely.
Naive:- A little (but he is coming on well).
Family biased:- Absolutely (check out last month’s rider of the month).

So apart from a little nepotism, he is up there with the best so far. All those people yet to be found who voted for him – well done you made an excellent choice.

The Vice Captain – another fantastic choice you would think, however the VC armband has hit the most convicted of riders in Gaz. To be fair though he has had:

(i) Work commitments
(ii) Family illnesses
(iii) Skiing holidays,
(iv) Uncle’s clutch problems

Hold on – do I detect a similarity setting in? This said, his Moo merits are truly genius and an excellent addition to the website, although I do sometimes wonder how the system works in his absence. Do we have a mole in the herd? My guess is, and I wouldn’t normally name names but, check out last month’s R.O.T.M. He seems to be the obvious choice to me as he didn’t attend all the rides (normally required) and also big girl’s bloused his way around Blip's Leaps Chicken Run in the process carving worthier Moos on their entrance lines. A bit suspect eh!

Last week’s ride was with all good intentions but evolved into probably the poorest ride since the Moos had been formed. Ex-ex Skip Big Owg promised much but delivered little. We are still waiting on his promised ride report for the Captain’s board as it would be the first one missed this season.

On a lighter note, there have been rumours of a retired Moo being back in the saddle doing some secret riding. Des’ enthusiasm seems to be back, so with great anticipation we await his return if only to find out how his dictionary reading has progressed.

With progress in mind, I can now explain the whereabouts of Scripsy for the past few weeks. He has for the time being left his publishing behind him in an attempt to broaden his horizons and take into reading the Karma Sutra. Apparently his ageing body doesn’t hold up as it used to, and although he is easily excited (as was proved in the Maenllwyd on a recent visit), his back has been playing up due to the activities of this book. He is now up to page 3 paragraph 1 entitled “Removal of Clothes”. Hopefully, once past this hurdle he will make some headway and get to the end before his time is up.

We all wish you luck Gordon.

A mention must go to Marty (last year’s rider of the year). It has been established that after last year’s achievements and gaining parity with the big boys, his level is back to where it was 6 months ago. This however is a blessing as he can now cancel his corrective surgery to his ears as they have mysteriously reduced in size to about where they were 6 months ago.

Finally, back at HQ this week another optical illusion appeared; Farquar aka Halfpint appeared to have had his hands dramatically reduced in size. Now this could be one of two things; either he too has gone down the corrective surgery road and had his hands enlarged or he was actually drinking full pints. I’d go with the first option.

Well that is all the main points covered of recent weeks from another point of view and hope that it will be quite a while before another guest writer is required.

Honoured as usual.

Geoff Davies O.B.E