Nick and Lesley Albert yearn to leave the noise, stress, and pollution of modern Britain and move to the countryside, where the living is good, the air sweet, with space for their dogs to run free. Suddenly out of work and soon to be homeless, they set off in search of a new life in Ireland, a country they had never visited. As their adventure began to unfold, not everything went according to plan. If finding their dream house was difficult, buying it seemed almost impossible. How would they cope with banks that didn’t want customers, builders who didn’t need work, or the complex issue of where to buy some chickens?
This first book in this hugely popular series is a wonderful 'feel-good' story about Nick and his wife Lesley's move to rural Ireland from the busy south-east of England. It contains plenty of laughs, happiness and occasional sad events and is littered with eccentric characters and of course lots of antics from recalcitrant dogs and chickens! Narrated by Andy Stevenson, it contains over 40 different character voices.
