From Corncrake to Combine Memoirs of a Cheshire Farmer

This is an utterly charming history of life at Yew Tree Farm, North Cheshire, over the last eighty years. Beginning in the era when shire horses pulled the plough and country news passed from mouth to mouth at the blacksmith's forge, it explores a world and a way of life that has now vanished. Many readers will know Walter as a family man, farmer, councillor (and often counsellor), but this witty, shrewd and honest account shows a new side - a country writer in the same league as Cobbett, White and Herriot.

Walter Wright lives in Cheshire and farmed the land at Yew Tree for more than sixty years. One-time mayor of Macclesfield and borough councillor, he is also a member of Knutsford Young Farmers, and is actively involved in the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England. Ruth Symes is a writer and editor whose previous work includes The Governess: An Anthology. She lectures at various institutions, including the University of York.