One of my favourite last photos of my dad, taken the summer before he died
Me at Brotherswater in the Lake District in 1973
Dad at work in his study in the 1960s while he was also a bobby in Whitby
Peter Walker with his daughter Sarah
- Who was the Countryman?
- Farewell to the Countryman
- Coot a coincidence!
- Peregrines still under threat
- Swanning about by the river
- The tale of the famous Durham Ox
- Our mobile army is a rural lifeline
- Show some respect for your elders
- If you can’t stand the heat…don’t worry this August!
- Motivation and superstition
- How Dad landed a Major undertaking
- Cereal, squabbles and soggy picnics
- Dad’s swift action stopped a catastrophe
- Them convulsions are such a bind!
- Harvesting the good will of the village
- Snow mist and a little Foggitt
- Taking stock of misdemeanours
- Hob, Hob, Hooray!
- Cracking the code for our posties
- Carry a marrow to school? Must be nuts!
- Conkering a crisis
- Punky and Perky
- One potato, two potatoes, three potatoes…Splat!
- An unforgettable moment of inspiration
- Grassington ramble takes the lead
- Who put the snail in the mail?
- One less Christmas stress
- All Spruced Up For Christmas
- A mass farewell to 2017
- You Goat a Friend
- Get them to the church
- The Mystery of the Disappearing Chestnuts
- Know Your Onions
- Out on a limb for leeches
- Don’t bleat about the bush
- Never too old – A fond farewell to Hannah
- Killing for your supper
- On the March for a myth
- Fear of the fatal fungi
- A Tawdry Tale of Saints and Lace
- A bird in the hand
- A Yorkshireman in New York
- Watch out, the sheriffs are coming
- It’s all in a name
- A year without the Countryman
- The goat was Cooked
- All a flutter in the garden
- School bully of the bird world?
- Dawn – a chorus or a cacophony?
- From memories to remembrance
- No need to get ratty
- That Old Chestnut
- A fledgling emergency
- It shouldn’t happen to a vet
- The love of an English Country Garden
- A bee in my bonnet
- Are you dogged by problems?
- The road to hell?
- Raising a toast to Dad
- We’ve taken a wrong Turner
- Off to School in a Heartbeat
- More than just cake and a cuppa
- A sad tale of death in the Lakes
- A rather egg-straordinary society!
- Battle of the sextons
- All the fun of the farm
- The ups and downs of servant life
- Nostalgia for childhood freedoms
- An apple a day
- Feeling the blues in Bilsdale
- Outfoxed on a dog walk
- What a right old mess
- A night full of mischief
- The pride of Yorkshires
- The art of the riddle
- Not just any old jumper
- Plenty of food for thought
- In gods we trust
- A storyteller to the end
- Remembering loved ones at Christmas
- Making merry at New Year
- New Year and a load of old baubles
- A diamond is forever
- A ring around the heart
- Where the wild things are
- It’s pandemonium among the birds
- It’s all a matter of taste
- My funny Valentine
- A little yellow star
- Nutella on your Yorkshires?
- A wolf in dog’s clothing?
- The Luck of the Irish
- Mother used to say
- A foolish thing to do
- Clever old ewe
- A beastly kind of tart
- Lessons from Dad
- The butterfly effect
- May the (police) force be with you
- In the dog house
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