Four Ducks on a Pond

This delightful account, written during a year in the life of a family on Mull in the 1950s, came to light after more than fifty years of neglect in a drawer. Being well camouflaged and unobtrusive, Nicholas the cat keenly observed the comings and goings of three generations of his family and their animals in a Achaban House, near Fionnphort, on Mull. In the early 1950s life on the island was basic, without mains water or electricity, as each day followed the next. But sometimes the routine was disrupted with dramatic, funny, heart-warming and harrowing events; none of which escaped Nicholass attention. This charming story of a by-gone age will appeal to all ages, to lovers of the simple life, of big open spaces, of country living, of farm animals and of cats in particular.