being a retained FireFighter in Suffolk
Do Cows Doggy Paddle?
If not perhaps they do the breast stroke or should it be the udder stroke?
Anyway, Friday morning and I just about made it into work but found myself retracing my steps to the fire station at the behest of my alerter.
The tip sheet said ‘Cow in 6ft of water’. Silly cow – should have used the shallow end!
So we now found ourselves in Ladder 1, following the Water Rescue van and with the Unimog trailing behind, as we headed off to Barsham, near Beccles. Unfortunately, the location we had been given was slightly out. We were on the south side of the River Waveney and we needed to be on the other side.
So our little procession went to Bungay and doubled back along the Bungay bypass and then through the country lanes to Geldeston. We finally ended up at a small boatyard where Plan A and B were formulated.
As it turned out Plan A worked. The water rescue team, fully suited and booted, went up the river in a pleasure boat, lassooed the cow and escorted it to a muddy slipway where it waddled up on to dry land.
Job done.
– IAN CARTER (www.accessiblewebsites.co.uk)
