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This gentle narrative exists in another time, another place, another world. To most readers it may as well be another planet. Few of us can imagine living without a lavatory, without a secure roof over our heads, without vehicular access to our home indeed most people would now think such privation to be incompatible with civilization. Far less can we imagine raising a young family in such conditions while somehow managing to scrape a living from the sea and a desolate landscape. Yet this is what Eric and Ruth MacLeod chose to do in 1976; to abandon their comfortable home and jobs for Eric s remote grandparental croft on the wild seaboard of the North West Highlands. There was no clear plan, no exit strategy, no safety net of any kind, just a ruined cottage and the irresistible draw of wildness and solitude gift-wrapped in the almost palpable sense of belonging crofting folk possess for their ancestral land. And there was adventure aplenty. In clear, uncluttered writing this is a tale of honest, back-breaking toil in one of the most challenging mountain seascapes of the Highlands; of naivety and disappointment, of storm, disaster and of triumph, yet throughout all of this shines an uplifting and vividly refreshing portrait of personal resourcefulness, unfailing optimism and generosity of spirit. --John Lister-Kaye, author of Song of the Rolling Earth
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Eric Macleod looks across the loch at the forlorn wreck of his family s croft. How would you like to live there? he asks his wife Ruth, half joking. After all, they have to think of something to do with the place. But he doesn t expect her instant reply I would love to. A few short months later, fired by the challenge of an adventure like no other they ve known, Eric has given up a promising career in London as an accountant with an international company, and moved to the remote shores of Loch Cairnbawn in the West Highlands. With Ruth and their two little girls, he plans to renovate the croft and make a living from the land, but it s a long leap from management accountant to house builder and crofter as they soon find out. In their seventeen years at Kerracher, they experience the beauty and terror of living in the last wilderness in Scotland. They can reach the croft only by boat, across the loch, or by walking a mile and a half over the hill from the road.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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Loved this book. Once I started I kept reading until I finished. Great story of an 'ordinary' family which chose to face enormous challenges by moving back to their family home in a remote part of Scotland. Even the cover picture conjures up all sort of images - a caravan on a home-made barge! What risks the family took! Read about them for yourself.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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Everything to make a good read - Adventure, humour, mystery, tragedy, history, geography, nature; it's all there. Once started you want to find out more, laugh with them, celebrate with them, dispair with them, be amazed at the visual imagery created. Once finished you'll want to dip back into different chapters to reread your favourites. Well worth the price. Look forward to the next book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I enjoyed this book, but felt that it was a bit 'shallow'. I think the author could have told us more about his family, perhaps more indepth and made the book much more interesting. There was a lot of description about the area and this made it more realistic and I could imagine the house and surrounding areas. At times it was funny and made reading enjoyable.
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The location is the star of the book
This is a pleasant, undemanding read which I would recommend. Its the story of how Eric MacLeod gave up his job/career in 1976 to occupy a remote, run-down croft in the West... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Glasgow Reader
the kerracher man
I enjoyed this book , but felt it lacked substance. I think more about the wife and children and how they coped, it was a little bit like the Waltons. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Patrick Troy
the open air
This book started off okay but in my opinion got a little boring as the tale unfolded,but this is only my opinion i,m sure there will be people who love it but not for me.
Published 16 months ago by grandad
Take me to the Highlands.
I really enjoyed this book. It is full of interesting stories about family and community.
It is an easy read but one that is hard to put down.
It is an easy read but one that is hard to put down.
Published 21 months ago by shreader
the kerracher man
This is a book you will not want to put down.A very good read. It's about how Eric MacLeod gave up a well paid job in the South of England to live the self-sufficency lifestyle in... Read more
Published 23 months ago by road nomad
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Brilliant read almost as if you were there
What a wonderful book it conjured up so many images for me.
My grandparents lived at Rheantraid and my mother was born there. Read more
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