Rosie and Jim

Tree branches scrape against the Ragdoll, scratching off its smart paint. So John goes out to the shops to buy some paint to make his boat look nice and shiny again. Rosie and Jim do some painting of their own, and they learn about mixing colours together to make even more colours.

Whilst John is on his travels, he goes inside a tunnel leaving the two rag dolls to believe that pure darkness can be frightening to travel through.

John is very curious to know how glass is made, so he goes to a factory to see what ingredients are put together to make glass, sand being the main one. Rosie and Jim follow him there, and play in the sandpit making their own boat out of sand with marble glass windows.

Its a rainy day on the Ragdoll, and Johns in need of washing his clothes, so he sets out to a local launderette to get them clean once again. Rosie and Jim have some dirty washing too, but they also have something else in mind.

As John sails down the canal, he notices lots of different things being cut, so he takes a walk and goes to a farm to see some sheep having their wool sheared off. Later on, John does some trimming of his own by giving his beard a snip. Rosie and Jim join in by taking some sheep wool and begin pretending to shear it off themselves.

Johns woolly jumper is beginning to wear out, so he sets off to a mill to retrieve some wool to knit a new jumper. Meanwhile, Jim mistakes a sheep for a dragon, and is frightened, but soon learns that sheep are harmless. Then, Rosie and Jim finally get some coloured wool of their own.

John sets out to the shops to buy some food and drink for a picnic. Rosie and Jim are hungry and want to have a picnic too, so they add their own items to Johns shopping list without him knowing. Bearing in mind that John doesnt even like the items that Rosie and Jim added, theyre afraid that John is going to be upset. However, John isnt overly upset after all, as he sees a family having a barbecue and gives them Rosie and Jims items.

John goes off to Hampton to see a ferry. When Rosie and Jim see a boat thats going to the same place as the Ragdoll, they fear that its going to cause a crash, but of course, it doesnt. John hops aboard a ferry to be transported from one path to another that has the river as a collision.

John travels to Tewkesbury Marina to see some sailing boats and get some ideas for a story about Rosie and Jim

John visits Tewkesbury Abbey and explores the inside of the church.

John travels to visit a pottery at Elmley Castle near Pershore in Worcestershire.

John travels to Worcester to visit the Worcester Post and Sorting Office

John visits Ashorne Hall to see some musical instruments that play by themselves.

John Visits Charlecote House.

John visits Reaside Nursery School in Birmingham.

John visits Evesham in Stratford-upon-Avon to see some small animals at Twyford Country Centre.

John visits Birmingham Childrens Hospital.

John visits Netherly Farm in Mathon to see a sheepdog at work.

John visits The National Waterways Museum in Gloucester for a second time.

John visits a bucket dredger digging mud from a river.

John accidentally breaks a plank of wood and decides to get a new one. He visits a timber yard to see how trees get turned into planks of wood.

John visits the Bewdley Museum to see how a brass windlass is made while Rosie and Jim try to return his jelly to him.

John visits the Bewdley Museum to see how a coracle is made after seeing some on the River Severn.

John visits Stratford-upon-Avon to visit the Stratford Shire Horse Centre.

John visits the National Waterways Festival.