Billy's family is constantly on the move, never settling in one place. In a small village in Dorset, he meets Maria, and for the first time in his life, he discovers what it is to be happy. Billy and Maria become aware that love and the realities of life can be beautiful, but also unfair at the same time, when he is uprooted once again, never to return. When the mature Billy retires to a cabin in the mountains of the Olympic peninsula, he is hoping for a peaceful life, but life can have unexpected twists...