The Dales Vet – A Working Life in Pictures

Hardback

Thanks to James Herriot, the Dales have
fame and popularity worldwide. The
Herriot books introduced a huge public
to the colourful life of a rural
veterinary surgeon – an interest which
has endured for more than four decades.

The Dales Vet is different. It is a
unique book celebrating author Neville
Turner’s passions for the countryside,
natural history, dales heritage, music-
making, and photography. Neville has
marvelled at the world of nature since
he was a small boy. He spent over 30
years in rural veterinary practice
working on the eastern slopes of the
Pennines and his professional life gave
him the opportunity to establish an
intimacy with the dales over the
seasons. During this time he travelled
over a million miles in the Dales with
a camera by his side.

The Dales Vet is a collection of
literary sketches illustrated by
beautiful pictures from the author’s
own huge library. The subjects cover
life as a rural vet, but also include
intimate views of farm animals, hill
farmers, wildlife rehabilitation, dales
nature, dales culture, and dales
landscape in all its glory.

This book will be attractive to all
country lovers, those with an interest
in animals and birds, botanists,
farmers, photographers, and people with
an interest in our rural heritage.

Neville Turner worked for over 30 years
as a veterinary surgeon. Now retired,
he spends his time pursuing his
passions of writing, photography, music
making, and enjoying the wonders of the
natural world. He gives regular
illustrated lectures on these subjects
to cruise ship passengers across the
world and has appeared on Tyne Tees
TV’s Dales Diary and the BBC’s
Countryfile and More Creatures Great
and Small. His photographs of Red
Grouse were used in the advertising
campaigns for “The Famous Grouse”
Scotch Whisky and his images and
writing have been published in The
Field, The Shooting Times, The Times,
The Daily Mail, Dalesman, Countryman,
The Yorkshire Journal, and Country
Letters. He is the author of Hill
Farmer and Border Collie: A Celebration
of Man’s Best Friend.

• 288 Pages
• Mainly Colour Photographs Throughout
• Hardback
• 232 mm x 235 mm