Sensible Places: Essays on Place, Time, & Countryside

White horses in the chalk, cider, omnipresent sheep, eccentric neighbours, Lib Dems observed in the wild, parish jumbles, trout streams, village cricket, the pub, and Evensong: with wit, sympathy, and insight, the West Country's beloved essayist, GMW Wemyss, finds all eternity in the passing moment in this collection of seasoned and seasonal essays from the countryman's calendar. The author of The Confidence of the House: May 1940 and the acclaimed Titanic history, When That Great Ship Went Down, returns to describe the pastoral life, lived in sprung rhythm.