"I like writing," says Sheryl Stanners, explaining why she decided to enter a competition asking customers of Dolly's Milk in Stratford to send in their "stories".
Dolly's Milk has a front page advert once a month (see it on this week's front page) featuring a "story" from their cows. Popular with readers, the stories have discussed all sorts of topics, from the new raw milk regulations to selecting a new bull to spend some time with the cows. As the stories are written by the cows themselves, they always offer an amusing alternative view to life on the Dolly's Milk farm.
Margaret Dalziel, who with her husband Peter is owner operator of the popular raw milk business, says asking their customers to have a go at writing stories was something they had been thinking about for a while.
"We know our customers all have great stories to share about their own experience with Dolly's Milk, and we really enjoyed reading through all the entries."
Peter says they soon decided it was going to be too hard to pick a winner.