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Up And Down In The Dales (The Dales Series #4)
Life for the Yorkshire Dales school inspector 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 culminates with a teacher being forced into early retirement, Gervase is left feeling his year hasn't begun on the right foot. Then come the news that his local school is closing down, t...more
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Published
March 31st 2005
by Penguin Books
(first published 2004)
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For some reason, I found this book in the Dales series a little tougher-going than the previous three. It was still light-hearted, but seemed a lot more wrapped up in Phinn's personal life rather than tales of the schools he inspects, which is always the most joyful part of the books.
In this book, his wife gets up in arms about a school closure, Sidney Clamp plays a rather amusing joke concerning a Quaker meeting house, and Phinn welcomes his first child into the world.
In this book, his wife gets up in arms about a school closure, Sidney Clamp plays a rather amusing joke concerning a Quaker meeting house, and Phinn welcomes his first child into the world.
This is an amusing, compassionate insight into the work and life of a school inspector who lives and works in the Yorkshire Dales. Although there is much humour, the author is never patronising or judgemental about the folks he interacts with and writes about. I will be looking out for any other books by Gervase Phinn.
Phinn has been compared to James Herriot, and these books are his stories of being appointed as a Schools Inspector in the Yorkshire Dales. Many chuckles about the funny things the children say or do, and likewise about life in the slower-paced world of Yorkshire.
Another great book in Phinn's excellent series. This book talks more about Gervase's personal life. This is good as it is interesting reading. The saga of the ramshackle shed in his garden is very funny!
Continuation of the roles of a school inspector in yorkshire infant and junior schools. This is Gervase Phinn's 4th book still find them amusing.
Just finished reading this at Download festival. how very rock and roll of me :)
Gervaise Phinn. Fun as always.
Gervaise Phinn. Fun as always.
Lovely book. Enjoyed every minute. Beautiful combination of humor and wisdom.
Gervase Phinn's series are just MUST READS I loved them!
yorkshire is the best place on earth.
Loved the subtle comedy...
All of my Gervase Phinn reviews will read the same as he is just a brilliant authour. As an ex-teacher and ex-Ofsted inspector he knows schools and their characters inside out. As an ex-primary teacher myself I have taught many of the characters he describes and can relate to the situations they get into. Hilarious reading.
Gentle humour but I did have to persevere to finish it.
Really loved it.Continues the series (this is book 4) really well. Highly recommend it for those who love an "All Creatures Great and Small" style of book, but about a school inspector, instead of a vet.
Any books involving kids will guarantee its funniness; reason why I read this kind of book. Well, kids say the darnedest things don't they?
Except, I was expecting more stories involving the kids because really, Mr. Phinn and his wife and his I-forgot-his-name-already weird neighbour, and also, his colleagues; I really have no interest in them, not even an ounce of interest.
Except, I was expecting more stories involving the kids because really, Mr. Phinn and his wife and his I-forgot-his-name-already weird neighbour, and also, his colleagues; I really have no interest in them, not even an ounce of interest.
This delightful book is the first that I have read by Gervase Phinn but I can guarantee that it won't be the last. Mr. Phinn is a school inspector in the Yorkshire dales and the book is a chronicle of his adventures in daily life. Reminds me very much of James Herriot's veterinary chronicles in his All Creatures Great and Small series. A very pleasant read.
I read this book a very long time back but I still remember it well. I loved the subtle comedy style of this book and it made me laugh throughout. The situations he faces as a school inspector are hilarious!
I plan on reading more books by Gervase Phinn
I plan on reading more books by Gervase Phinn
Enjoyable but some of the anecdotes dragged on far too long. Shorter and snappier would have been more entertaining!
More hilarious fun from the children and adults of the Dales schools.
very good & funny
May 11, 2013
John Wade
marked it as to-read
May 10, 2013
Anne
marked it as to-read
May 02, 2013
Megan
marked it as to-read
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