When newly qualified vet James Harriot arrives in the small Yorkshire village of Darrowby, he has no idea what to expect. How will he get on with his new boss? The local farmers? And what will the animals think…? James Herriot’s first wonderfully funny volume of nemoirs introduces the unpredictable Sigfried Farnon, his charming student brother Tristan, many memorable cows, bulls, pigs and horses – and the one and only crackerdog, Tricki Woo..