Early 1950's life in rural Derbyshire, a move to busy Stockport, age 14, a job in the sewage treatment profession as a chemist, sets the scene. Articles are included that Jim wrote about sewage treatment, sea and river fishing and boat building while living in Shrewsbury with Ruth and their four boys. Horses were a part of life for years. Sailing Ospray in British waters, adventuring across the Atlantic to Trinidad with Else, family and friends. Stalking tales, a move to the Highlands, with his second wife Else and their spaniels, finishes with life on Seil in the Inner Hebrides.