{"product_id":"9781839830990-highland-homespun","title":"Highland Homespun","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn May 1933 Margaret Leigh took over the tenancy of Achnabo farm, in a beautiful corner of the West Highlands overlooking the isle of Skye. In this exquisitely written book, she recounts a year of farming life there. A long out of print classic of Highland life, written by one of the most perceptive of all chroniclers of life in the Highlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn May 1933 Margaret Leigh took over the tenancy of Achnabo farm, in a beautiful corner of the West Highlands overlooking the isle of Skye.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this unsentimental yet exquisitely written book, she recounts a year of farming life there, from the burning of the land and ploughing in March, through planting and sowing in April to haymaking and harvesting in September. Incidental details – such as a visit to the smithy, the arrival of some new bulls and the annual journey of the cows to the summer shielings – provide fascinating insights into farming life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLocal characters and customs feature too, adding another rich dimension to this reflective and poignant memoir of a world now vanished forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57519064940918,"sku":"9781839830990","price":10.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40459482.jpg?v=1774444404","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781839830990-highland-homespun","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}