The Real James Herriot (46 page)

28. Alf with Jimmy and Rosie, Alex Taylor with Lynne

29. Picnic time with Pop and Granny Wight

30. Alf and Jimmy Youth-Hostelling near Reeth in the Dales, 1957

31. A postcard of Kirkgate in Thirsk, looking up to the parish church – and, by coincidence, Alf's car outside the surgery

32. A farmer has helpfully cleared a path through the desperate snow drifts that were all too common

33. Brian Sinclair
c.
1948

34. The garden at 23 Kirkgate, not as well tended as when Alf was in charge

35. Brian Nettleton, t' vet wi't badger

36. The author, with his father, ‘always a comforting presence'

37. Hector the Jack Russell almost seemed to want to drive the car himself, while Dan was content to be passenger

38. Joan was as fond of the dogs as Alf

39. Walking up onto Sutton Bank with Hector and Dan, Gormire Lake and the Vale of York below

40. Bodie, the border terrier, Alf's last dog

41. Rosie with Bodie and her dog Polly at Sanna Bay on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula