A FURNESS drain spotter has found national fame for the second time after featuring in a new calendar celebrating ‘the 12 dullest men in Britain’.

Archie Workman, who works as a lengthsman maintaining verges and ditches, is Mr March in the Dull Men’s Club Calendar 2015.

Mr Workman, of Penny Bridge, is no stranger to novelty calendars – earlier this year his ‘drain cover’ calendar became a surprise hit after being created ‘as a joke’ for his colleagues at Colton Parish Council.

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His calendar caught the eye of Leland Carlson, vice-president of the Dull Men’s Club – an international group with more than 5,000 male members who are ‘passionate about everyday mundane things’.

American Mr Carlson decided to publish the calendar to celebrate the eccentricities of its dullest members.

"We wanted to have a bit of fun. The British are well known for being eccentric and this calendar is a celebration of that," he said.

Mr Workman’s fellow 'boring' pin-ups include a milk bottle collector, the founder of the Apostrophe Protection Society and a man who has given his wife the same valentine card for 35 years.

“I was gobsmacked to be asked,” said Mr Workman. “I’m delighted to be the sole representative of Cumbria in the calendar.

"I find the drain covers so interesting. There's a lot of history behind them. It's interesting to observe the geometry of the drains and how they interconnect. There's a whole world underneath us that we don't realise.

“Everyone passes a drain cover but they don’t look to see who made it – if I can encourage more people to look down at them it would be great.

“I’ve taken well over 100 photos of them now – and I’m always finding new ones.”

Mr Workman will be meeting his fellow calendar boys at its official launch this weekend, and is giving a presentation entitled ‘My Life in the Gutter’.

“There are some incredible people on there and I can’t wait to meet them,” he said.

The calendar will be available on October 21 – for details email calendars@dullmensclub.com.

The year begins with Kevin Beresford, who is president of the UK Roundabout Appreciation Society, which he founded 11 years ago.

February falls flat with Ken McCoy, who has presented the same valentine to his wife every year since 1979.

Steve Wheeler, who has spent 30 years collecting more than 20,000 milk bottles, features as Mr April.

May is the turn of Michael Kennedy, who spends two hours every day, except Saturdays, moving rocks to build a seawall.

Mr June is Peter Willis, whose mission is to photograph as many of Britain's post boxes as possible.

David Morgan has the world's largest traffic cone collection and features in July.

Bus enthusiast Roland Stone has his own double decker and 300 model buses and appears as Mr August.

Neil Brittlebank, who collects bricks, is featured in September.

He has more than 1,000 and constantly hunts for more at demolition sites and in abandoned buildings.

October's design features John Richards, who founded the Apostrophe Protection Society to combat the widespread incorrect use of the apostrophe.

‘The Lawn Ranger’ Stan Hardwick poses with his lawn mower collection for November.

The year finishes with Hugh Barker, who has travelled Britain photographing hedges.