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With two books of farming eperience behind them the Holgate family of surbanites turned farmer are established as old hands at the rural round They ll need all their survival techniques when the local school pays the farm a visit the local frog goes a wooing and the local darts team faces total disaster As funny as ever John Holgate s latest account of Egerton farm is rich in genuine love of the Border country s landscape and tradition and wry affection for its farming community A Sheeps Eye ViewI ve thoroughly enjoyed this trio of books by John Holgate as he describes his early experiences of farming on the Welsh borders having turned his back on city life and journalism I wish there were 0330264087 What a charming read John Holgate has an eye for a sweet story and writes without pretension so that the anecdotes are the stars I found this a real feel good book I wonder if I can track down some of his other works 0330264087