Twitter goes baaaad with woolly puns as sheep delay train

Passengers might think they have the wool pulled over their eyes by train companies when accounting for delays.

Twitter for sheep puns. Image by keiyac / CC BY 2.0

But in the case of those travelling on a Virgin Trains service on the West Coast line, the train really was being held up by sheep on the track. The incident, near Crewe in Cheshire during the morning rush-hour, led to a rush of puns on Twitter by those affected.

Phil Morrison wrote: “Sheep on the line. It’s baaaad, but the Virgin Train Border Collie is on the way.” Ian Briscoe, referring to comments by the train manager, tweeted: “Sorry for slow running – Little Bo Peep lost her sheep and we’ve found them.”

(Press Association)