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Hello and welcome to the Beafonderry Network Podcast, the number one podcast for those involved,

all just interested in the production of beef animals and dairy herds.

Later in the podcast, a survey of network members about their favourite foods,

but first we must address the aftermath of the recent British Beef Council annual dinner and barn dance,

of which the Beafonderry Network was a major sponsor.

There was a great deal of excitement ahead of the event, in no small part due to the identity of the host and entertainer,

Les Chies, formerly of Double Act, Chies and Onion.

Sadly, two days before the event, whilst waterskying with Tony Blackburn,

Les Chies suffered his 14th heart attack to date.

Luckily, after a full heart transplant, his fourth in as many years,

Les is alive and well and sent me the following message to read to you all.

He writes,

Hello, Chies fans, thank you for all the kind messages, cards and wheels of cheese that have been sent to my bedside.

Thank you also to the members of the Beafonderry Network, who put the word out on social media and sourced a replacement heart for me.

When it arrived at the hospital, wrapped in an old flannel and kept chilled in a cool box full of ice-cold cans of Castle-Main Forex.

The doctors about him were skeptical and said things to my wife, such as,

There's no way that's a human heart, and he's totally fucked now.

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