The WI Country Woman's Year 1960 shearing

The WI Country Woman's Year 1960 shearingA great deal has happened to change the lives of women living in the countryside since 1960 when this book was last published, and it is fascinating to note these changes. But we have since lost or forgotten so many rural skills and pleasures. Following the four seasons, here are dozens of different tasks and hobbies re discovered in this WI Country Womans Year: cider and mead making Durham quilting indoor bulb planting flower arranging basics

returning lost sheep from miles away

the manor house of Badby

Superb illustrations adorn a lively text

but appearances can be deceptive

Hans van Klinken started flyfishing at the age of 15 in Norway

•    Stamford Bull Running

is sympathetically captured by one of Shropshire’s finest photographers

‘The month will be marked by deep Atlantic lows

making diagnosis and cure both immediate and easy

In spring 1973

Hans’ greatest outdoor experience was in 1975 when he spent almost four months in the wilderness of Lapland

of seeking the co-operation of his delightful and sometimes eccentric French neighbours