{"product_id":"9780141011318","title":"Up and Down in the Dales","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Phinn, Gervase \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 31\/03\/2005,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 352 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780141011318,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEscape to the country with Gervase Phinn's heartwarming tales of life as a school inspector in Yorkshire'Gervase Phinn's memoirs have made him a hero in school staff-rooms' Daily TelegraphWhat's your name? I asked the child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Tequila,' she replied. I'm named after a drink.''Tequila Sunrise,' I murmured.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'No,' pouted the child. 'Tequila Braithwaite.'Now in his fourth year as an Inspector for English in the Yorkshire Dales, Gervase Phinn still relishes visiting the schools - whether an inner-city comprehensive fraught with difficulties or a small Dales Primary school where the main danger is one of closure. With endless good humour, he copes with the little surprises that occur round every corner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome things never change: Mrs Savage roars, Connie rants, and Gervase's colleague in the office play verbal ping-pong. But all this can be put behind him each day when he returns home to his lovely wife, Christine, who is expecting their first baby.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUp and Down in the Dales is charming montage of Gervase Phinn's experiences will keep you amused and will win a place in your heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGervase Phinn has an extraordinary talent to entertain, and the latest instalment to the Dale Series is heart-warming, wry and will make you laugh out loud.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697979818028,"sku":"9780141011318","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780141011318.jpg?v=1722610107","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780141011318","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}