Jeremy Clarke Jeremy Clarke

Low life: Life lessons at the Devon County Show

issue 25 May 2013

The weatherman had breezily predicted a fine, warm, spring day — and it was. We were on the road early, my grandson sitting beside me on his booster seat, keenly searching the unfolding scenery with his pellucid blue eyes for notable things to report. At three and a half years old his speech and understanding have taken a Great Leap Forward.

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