Jeanine McMullen was a BBC producer in London when, some ten years ago, she went to Wales on assignment. There she fell in love--with Wales, its people, and most of all with the farm that, on an impulse, she decided to buy. In this delightful volume she recounts for us the joys and frustrations of living on her small holding. Here you will meet the people who helped her: among them "Mrs. P," her eccentric Australian mother; "The Artist," her less-than-steadfast boyfriend; the vet, Bertie Ellis, with his macabre sense of humor, and her neighbors, Gwyneth Griffiths and Myrddin...
Jeanine McMullen was a BBC producer in London when, some ten years ago, she went to Wales on assignment. There she fell in love--with Wales, its pe...
"Irresistible," full of "poignancy and humor, drama and beauty" raved reviewers about the first two volumes of Jeanine McMullen's enchanting account of her life on a farm in a legend-haunted valley in Wales. In this new book, her canvas broadens to include her travels from Scotland to Cornwall, collecting raw material for her hugely popular BBC radio program, "My Small Country Living." Accompanied by Gert, her peerless tape recorder, she encounters breeders of rare animals, goat drivers, rat catchers, and mad potters.
"Irresistible," full of "poignancy and humor, drama and beauty" raved reviewers about the first two volumes of Jeanine McMullen's enchanting account o...
