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Waiting For Doric: One family’s leap into country life
With dreams of a simple life, the McKenna family quit life in the suburbs to forge a new life in the country.
Early in 2014 after years of talking about it, the McKenna family took a rather hefty, and some would say crackpot leap, from a very comfortable existence in suburban York out into unknown farming territory in East Yorkshire.
The time had come to overcome the many obstacles in our way, put the countless excuses behind us, and bite the bullet to ‘Live the Dream’ on our newly purchased smallholding. So, with my wife Wendy, three daughters ranging between 14 and 21 years of age, three border terriers, three hens, and a heap load of enthusiasm we jumped headlong into rural life. It could be said that leaving a four bathroomed house with all mod cons to move into a one bathroomed farmhouse with solid fuel heating was never going to be the best decision we ever made...or was it?
I’d be the first to admit that we naively made the move without any farming experience to our name. We had never worked with livestock, or even grown our own produce, but hey, we were up for a challenge and so that was all about to change. We have always loved the outdoors and were keen to work hard and be very hands on whenever we could be, but was this a step too far?
Early in 2014 after years of talking about it, the McKenna family took a rather hefty, and some would say crackpot leap, from a very comfortable existence in suburban York out into unknown farming territory in East Yorkshire.
The time had come to overcome the many obstacles in our way, put the countless excuses behind us, and bite the bullet to ‘Live the Dream’ on our newly purchased smallholding. So, with my wife Wendy, three daughters ranging between 14 and 21 years of age, three border terriers, three hens, and a heap load of enthusiasm we jumped headlong into rural life. It could be said that leaving a four bathroomed house with all mod cons to move into a one bathroomed farmhouse with solid fuel heating was never going to be the best decision we ever made...or was it?
I’d be the first to admit that we naively made the move without any farming experience to our name. We had never worked with livestock, or even grown our own produce, but hey, we were up for a challenge and so that was all about to change. We have always loved the outdoors and were keen to work hard and be very hands on whenever we could be, but was this a step too far?
204 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 12, 2018
About the author
Shaun McKenna
34 booksShaun McKenna (born 1957 in Maidstone, Kent) is an English dramatist, lyricist and screenwriter.
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