French Cows and Four Kisses
Earthworld (Verlag)
978-1-78711-521-7 (ISBN)
Having worked as a dairy farmer in the UK for 30 years, and achieved the top job in his profession, Philip longed to put a lifetime of experience into practice for himself, instead of being at the beck and call of the landed gentry and their land agents. The opportunity presented itself in an unusual fashion; the estate he ran was to be split up and sold off, and he was made redundant.
Follow Philip’s wonderful adventure into the centre of France, to the beautiful dairy farm of Les Marais; 75 hectares of softly undulating land with woods and a 5-hectare lake filled with coarse fish and ragondin (or coypu). Read on as he tackled the differences in agricultural techniques, whilst learning the language, mastered cooking acceptably for his French neighbours, and found out that falling in love with France was not the same for everybody.
In this sequel to his highly entertaining first book, Dairy Cows and Duck Races, Philip Dixon shares the next chapter of his eventful farming career.
Philip Dixon's formative years were spent around the banks of the River Tyne, in the north of England and later on farms in the area in the 1950s and 1960s. He describes himself as "first and foremost a dairy farmer," and has spent much of his working life farming and managing dairies in England and France, and has also owned and run a chambre d'hote in France. Besides farming, Philip has renovated houses, appeared on television and radio and had articles written about him in Farmers Weekly. He has four children of his own and is stepfather to three more, all of whom are now adults. He and Heather now live in Dorset, with their two dogs, Pip the Springer Spaniel and Dude the miniature Schnauzer.
Chapter 1 La France
Chapter 2 The Askamps
Chapter 3 Goat Love
Chapter 4 Making Hay While the Sun Shines
Chapter 5 The Accolas Empire
Chapter 6 The Family Arrive
Chapter 7 Six Foot of Shit and the Giant French Man
Chapter 8 Lovejoy and The Irrigation Lake
Chapter 9 Pretty Boy and the Mystery
Chapter 10 La Chasse
Chapter 11 All Change
Chapter 12 Granny@talk21 and a Nervous Date
Chapter 13 Parasols and Nose Rings
Chapter 14 And then there were Seven
Chapter 15 Girls Doing it for Themselves
Chapter 16 Commis D `Agriculture
Chapter 17 Cornadis and Rogue Quads
Chapter 18 Typhoons and Love Stories
Chapter 19 That all important questions
Chapter 20 An Eventful Summer Holiday
Chapter 21 A French Wedding
| Erscheinungsdatum | 23.10.2019 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 127 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 248 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher | |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78711-521-6 / 1787115216 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78711-521-7 / 9781787115217 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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