The Tales of Para Handy

The crew of the Vital Spark are entrusted with transporting some strange cargo, including a double bed and a prize highland bull, but trouble is never far away.

While a spot of poaching lands Para Handy and his unfortunate crew in jail, it also reunites Para with his childhood friend Lady Catherine Ramsey.

In the aftermath of a storm, Para and his crew rescue a drifting boat intending to claim salvage, but the abandoned vessel contains a very nasty surprise.

A spot of engine trouble sees the crew marooned in a small island village, where Para tangles with the drunken town bully and plays matchmaker.

After reading tea leaves, Dougie predicts doom and disaster for those on board the Vital Spark. Para dismisses his predictions until the omens start coming true.

Threatened by modern technology, it takes all of Para's cunning and the help of a large beached whale to keep him and his disaster-prone crew employed.