Thomas meets a bird watcher who is looking for a rare bird. Along his journey, Thomas gets a shock as the bird watcher pulls the emergency cable, inside Annie, thinking he heard the rare bird. Annie develops a wheel flat and thus has to be taken to be repaired. Thomas becomes cross with the bird watcher for taking Annie out of commission, and refuses to stop at the station for him.

Marion is repairing an embankment when she hits something in the ground. She thinks she has found an old Viking ship, but it turns out to be a water pipe which springs a leak. As the leak gets bigger and bigger, Marion is afraid to tell someone and tries to find a solution herself.