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  • Location: Northumberland

A Farmer’s Diary: A Year at High House Farm

A Farmer’s Diary: A Year at High House Farm

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2000s:  The highs, lows and hard, hard work involved in making a living from the land.

  • ISBN: 978-1788160698
  • Genre: Autobiography/memoirs, Nature/Landscape, Non-Fiction

What you need to know before your trail

Sally Urwin and her husband Steve own High House Farm in Northumberland, which they share with two kids, Mavis the Sheepdog, one very Fat Pony, and many, many sheep. Set in a beautiful, wild landscape, and in use for generations, it’s perfect for Sally’s honest and charming account of farming life.

Travel Guide

Travel BookTrail style to High House Farm, Northumberland

Sally and her husband Steve own High House Farm in Northumberland, which they share with Mavis the Sheepdog, one very fat pony, and many, many sheep. Set in beautiful, wild landscape, and in use for generations, it’s the perfect setting for Sally’s (sometimes brutally) honest and charming account of farming life. From stock sales to lambing sheds, and out in the fields in driving snow and hot summer days, A Farmer’s Diary reveals the highs, lows and hard, hard work involved in making a living from the land.

Located just a stone’s throw away from Hadrian’s Wall, there’s lots of history as well as beautiful landscape and animals around the area!

BookTrail Boarding Pass: A Farmer’s Diary: A Year at High House Farm

Destination: Northumberland  Author/guide: Sally Urwin  Departure Time: 2000s

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