Deze serie duikt in het leven en werk van een districtsinspecteur van scholen in de schilderachtige Yorkshire Dales. Lezers volgen zijn reis terwijl hij het platteland leert waarderen en een reeks onvergetelijke personages ontmoet. Van heren en boeren tot inzichtelijke kinderen, ieder individu draagt bij aan het rijke mozaïek van het plattelandsleven. Deze verhalen zitten vol menselijkheid, humor en een diep begrip van de gemeenschap buiten de drukke steden.
The author is offered the post of County Inspector of Schools in North Yorkshire. This book presents his experiences as he learns to appreciate the countryside and meets some larger than life characters, from lords, farmers, teachers, priests and caretakers to a host of endearing and disarming children who know exactly how to speak their mind.
Gervase Phinn thinks he's heard just about everything in his two years as a school inspector, but a surprising enquiry from an angelic six-year-old reminds him never to take children for granted. His marriage to Christine Bentley, finding somewhere idyllic to live in the Yorkshire Dales, and chance of a promotion. schovat popis
Life for the Gervase Phinn is about to become not unlike the rambling hills of the Dales themselves - up and down and all over the place. After a routine school inspection - and a rather brutal report - culminates with a teacher being forced into early retirement, Gervase is left feeling his year hasn't exactly begun on the right foot.
Awkward teachers, pompous school governors and fearsome lollipop ladies occasionally make the author's hectic job as a school inspector more than difficult. But, for him, the main challenge remains the frankly spoken children. This title tells his story.