George Elkin has loyally trained as a solicitor in order to follow in
his father's footsteps and run the family firm. But when his father
dies, George resolves to follow his heart instead, looking after the
West Country farm he grew up on. With the help of neighbours, his
childhood friends Prodge and Nell, George is sure he can adapt to a
rural lifestyle. Nell holds feelings for George she has kept hidden
since their childhood and has long had the hope that their friendship
would develop into something stronger. But then Lily, a woman George
knew in his Oxford days, comes to stay and changes all of their lives
and it seems that Nell's hopes will forever remain unfulfilled.
Meanwhile, the rural community is facing a threat to its very existence:
BSE, foot and mouth, government proposals on hunting--each crisis
straining farmers and their livelihoods to breaking-point. And George
and Prodge are faced with the awful knowledge that their future is out
of their hands....
