The Ramblings of a Demented Cow Herd

Alan J. Wilkinson

Life in rural Lincolnshire has never been entirely ordinary.

In The Ramblings of a Demented Cow Herd, Alan J. Wilkinson brings together a distinctive collection of short stories and poems shaped by a lifetime of farming, building, observation and imagination.

Some pieces look back on village life, childhood and the changing countryside with warmth and affection. Others find humour in everyday mishaps, curious characters and the unpredictable nature of animals and people. Along the way, familiar surroundings give rise to stranger possibilities as memory, invention and gentle eccentricity begin to overlap.

Born and raised in Osgodby, Lincolnshire, Alan spent forty years as a dairy farmer before working for a further twenty-five years as a builder. His writing reflects the practical wisdom, dry humour and storytelling traditions of rural life, while revealing an imagination that frequently wanders far beyond the farm gate.

Thoughtful, amusing and occasionally unexpected, this is a collection to dip into slowly or read from beginning to end. It will appeal to anyone who enjoys stories of English country life, local characters, rural history and the quiet humour found in ordinary moments.

A varied and personal collection from a writer who has spent a lifetime watching the world around him and wondering what else might be going on.