Thu, Jan 18, 2001
Bob has a busy day ahead of him so, to help out, Wendy has decided to clean out his fish tank. Pilchard, naturally, is taking a keen interest in the proceedings. In his hurry to get to work, Bob has forgotten the cement and sends Muck back to collect it. Muck races into the yard, and is forced to brake sharply to avoid hitting Bird. She skids into a lean to at high speed, badly damaging it. Hearing the commotion, Wendy rushes out of the house carrying the bowl with the goldfish in it. At Muck's pleading, she decides to fix the lean to herself. She absent-mindedly places the bowl with Bob's fish in it by some bags of cement. Whilst Wendy and the machines are busy fixing the lean to, Pilchard makes numerous sneaky attempts to catch herself a delicious meal. Each time her schemes are unwittingly foiled by Wendy and the machines. By the time Bob gets back to the yard, the lean to is fixed and looks as good as new. Whilst Bob is admiring Wendy's handiwork, Pilchard makes one last attempt to get the fish. Just in time, Bird whistles a warning, startling Pilchard into meowing. Wendy gets completely the wrong idea and assumes that Pilchard is trying to draw her attention to the deserted fish. She decides to give her a reward - a special herring for her tea. Much to everyone's surprise, Pilchard rejects it and stalks off. She's had quite enough of fish for one day.
Tue, Feb 6, 2001
Bob is doing some work on the Clocktower when Lofty, frightened by a bat, knocks over the ladder leaving Bob stranded on the scaffolding. He decides to call Wendy on his mobile, and then realizes that he's left it at the bottom of the Clocktower. Meanwhile, Muck, Scoop and Dizzy are clearing a field whilst Wendy checks the answerphone in the office. Muck misunderstands something Scoop says and goes off in a sulk before Dizzy can stop her. Meanwhile, a frightened Lofty has got completely lost and is wandering the lanes trying to find his way back to the yard. Muck is also lost - worse, it's getting dark, and she's scared of the dark. And someone or something is making strange noises. Wendy arrives at the field to find Muck's gone missing. She and the Machines race back to the yard but Muck's not there either. Wendy tries to ring Bob on his mobile but, of course, there's no answer. Wendy decides to look for Muck herself. She finds her and Lofty in a nearby field - the strange noises were, in fact, Lofty. Lofty explains what's happened to Bob and Wendy organizes a rescue mission. Together, she and Lofty manage to lift the ladder up to Bob so he can climb down from the Clocktower. Back at the yard, a repentant Muck makes up with Scoop.
Sun, Feb 4, 2001
When Bob and Lofty move some stacks of tiles in the Yard, they make an exciting discovery. A bird's nest containing a solitary egg is nestling amongst a pile of old Tyres. Although the nest is not in the safest of places, Wendy explains that they cannot move it because it will frighten the mother bird away. Just as the Machines are starting to wonder where the mother is she returns. It becomes Dizzy's job to 'bird watch' whilst Bob and the other machines are at work repairing a roof. After a couple of days of - almost - continuous bird watching, the egg hatches and out pops a baby bird. Dizzy adores her new friend and doesn't want to leave even when Bob needs some cement mixing. Reluctantly Dizzy goes to the building site but her mind is not on the job. She finishes her cement mixing in double-quick time, splattering Bob and the other machines in the process, and races back to the yard. To her delight, she's just in time to see the baby bird learn to fly. Now the baby bird and its mother can leave the nest - but not without thanking 'Auntie' Dizzy for looking after them so well.
Mon, Jan 22, 2001
Bob is ready to paint the white lines on a new bit of road, but he's called away so Spud attaches the machine to Travis and sends him off. Roley and Farmer Pickles give chase one way while Bob and Muck go the other. A crash is averted but the machine tips over, and white paint spills out!