Ten years on, Maccy Tamryn, eccentric landlord of the Mermaid and Bow public house, finds Kansas is no place to hide from the pain and loss of a loved one. Maccy will continue his entrepreneurial journey into Little Petrock, a short distance from Padstow Town and into the open arms of The Maltsters. Maccy's crew shrank by one when semi able seaman, One Armed Frank, walked the plank. Others have joined the Watch. Jill & Jack, Lavinia and Peter have come aboard. Dusty, Lenny, Lil the Tart, trainee minister, Methy Mick and a half faced Alsatian remain on duty. Will a nameless face from the past muddy the water causing ripples in Maccy's melancholia? "Maccy, do you know your brother has a Yurt?"
"A what?"
"A yurt!"
"Then he needs to see a doctor and get it removed!"
"Say 'Wosson' Peter."
"What?"
"Nothing like it!"
"Jill, hoover the dog and whatever there is underneath it."
"I think the animal likes you, Lenny."
"How do you knaw?"
"He's eating the bottom of your bleddy jeans!"
"So where are you staying, Peter?"
"Here would be good, I'm out of petrol!"
"Lavinia, send the goat away with a flea in it's ear."
"Where will I find one of them, Maccy?"
"Have a look in it's bleddy ear maid!"