Dairy Cows and Duck Races: The Tale of a Young Farmer - Softcover

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As a boy in Northumbria, all Philip Dixon wanted to be in life was a dairy farmer, but getting there would be a lot less straightforward than he'd anticipated! Starting work on a farm at the age of fifteen, he found himself alone in a caravan learning that following his passion took true grit and determination.

Enjoy Philip's story, as he makes progress in his farming career in the north east of England from the 1960s to the mid-1980s, meeting some remarkable characters, some of whom belong to an age all but lost to us. Philip's story will, at times have you laughing out loud. At other times it will have you weeping tears of sympathy for the hard knocks that life gives him, including overcoming a disibility after a farming accident, and lift your spirits as you read how he overcomes all, to make plans for a new future.

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