cattle They didn’t say anything about this in the books, I thought, as the snow blew in through the gaping doorway and settled on my naked back. I lay face down on english
dogs and cats There was one marvellous thing about the set-up in Darrowby. I had the inestimable advantage of being a large animal practitioner with a passion for dogs an english
horses Probably the most dramatic occurrence in the history of veterinary practice was the disappearance of the draught horse. It is an almost incredible fact that english
hurtling around the hills I hardly noticed the passage of the weeks as I rattled along the moorland roads on my daily rounds; but the district was beginning to take shape, the people english
james herriot Farnon guided me to a seat, ordered two beers and turned to face me. ‘Well, you can have this job if you want it. Four quid a week and full board. OK?’ The english
never fails to give relief Farnon led me to the first of several doors which opened off a passage where the smell of ether and carbolic hung on the air. ‘This,’ he said, with a secret english
people of the dales ‘Hello, ’ello, ’ello! Who’s this we’ve got then? New chap eh? Now we’re going to learn summat!’ He still had his hands inside his braces and was grinning wi english
romance and family life A voice answered ‘Come in,’ and I opened the door into a huge, stone-flagged kitchen with hams and sides of bacon hanging from hooks in the ceiling. A dark english
sheep, pigs and other creatures This was my third spring in the Dales but it was like the two before – and all the springs after. The kind of spring, that is, that a country vet knows; the english
siegfried farnon and skeldale house ‘Mr Farnon is expecting me. He wrote asking me to come today.’ ‘Mr Herriot?’ she said thoughtfully. ‘Surgery is from six to seven o’clock. If you wanted to english
the yorkshire dales and darrowby The driver crashed his gears again as he went into another steep bend. We had been climbing steadily now for the last fifteen miles or so, moving closer to english
tristan farnon and other assistants I huddled deeper in the blankets as the strident brreeng-brreeng, brreeng-brreeng of the telephone echoed through the old house. It was three weeks since Tr english