This is a colourful and poetic memoir written with an unusual candor. It is a celebration of life and highlights mans need to belong to a place, to reconnect with the land and the animals, and to find the spiritual values that seem to have been mislaid in today's society.
The majority of the authors life has been spent farming in the Scottish hills, in inverness-shire and Dumfriesshire. He tells of his love of the land and the various characters he has encouraged throughout his life, describing those he admires with warmth, those he does not with diplomacy, but all with a touch of humour.
Patrick is a natural writer and poet. This book is interspersed with his lyrical verse and anecdotes from his vast experiences, which stretch from student shepherd to reluctant resident of Grade I listed Muncaster Castle on the coast of the western Lake District.