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{"id":6125387382939,"title":"A Country Escape - Paperback (2019)","handle":"a-country-escape-paperback-2019","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis one was sparked off by my daughter telling me that her farming guru (Jonathan Crump, who also makes prize winning cheese) had said ‘I think your mum should write a book about farming.’\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThis coincided with a wonderful TV programme that showed the lives of several Scottish farmers through their farming year.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI loved my research and although I discovered I am afraid of cows I felt learnt a lot and that YouTube can teach you to make almost anything.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIn this case it was cheese which is still my passion.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBut my love of the countryside, even in winter, along with my love of nature and animals are in here.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIt also includes my fondness for old ladies, which gives me an opportunity to practice becoming a really difficult one!\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-01-26T20:44:25+00:00","created_at":"2021-01-26T20:44:25+00:00","vendor":"Katie Fforde","type":"books","tags":[],"price":899,"price_min":899,"price_max":899,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":37792573194395,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780099579434","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"A Country Escape - Paperback (2019)","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":899,"weight":318,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780099579434","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/katiefforde.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/ACountryEscapePB_08027c1a-51f9-49a0-86a7-0ff7ececd87e.jpg?v=1611693868"],"featured_image":"\/\/katiefforde.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/ACountryEscapePB_08027c1a-51f9-49a0-86a7-0ff7ececd87e.jpg?v=1611693868","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":17059351756955,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.652,"height":2339,"width":1524,"src":"\/\/katiefforde.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/ACountryEscapePB_08027c1a-51f9-49a0-86a7-0ff7ececd87e.jpg?v=1611693868"},"aspect_ratio":0.652,"height":2339,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/katiefforde.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/ACountryEscapePB_08027c1a-51f9-49a0-86a7-0ff7ececd87e.jpg?v=1611693868","width":1524}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis one was sparked off by my daughter telling me that her farming guru (Jonathan Crump, who also makes prize winning cheese) had said ‘I think your mum should write a book about farming.’\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThis coincided with a wonderful TV programme that showed the lives of several Scottish farmers through their farming year.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI loved my research and although I discovered I am afraid of cows I felt learnt a lot and that YouTube can teach you to make almost anything.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIn this case it was cheese which is still my passion.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBut my love of the countryside, even in winter, along with my love of nature and animals are in here.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIt also includes my fondness for old ladies, which gives me an opportunity to practice becoming a really difficult one!\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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