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A Stuga On the Cusp of the Orust Riviera, tucked away next to a hobbit hole in the woods.

God's Own Country - Ross Raisin Imported from tablet:God's Own CountryDebutspringmalevolentBr - Eng - YorkshireBucolicDodgy NarratorShuddery deliciousIt's lambing season on the moors and the local area has been getting a brassing up what with the tomato army moving in an' all.Classic Greengrass moment: http://youtu.be/OjewyTaf5ecAlso listened to R4 Book Club 10/05/2012: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01h762n/Bookclub_Ross_Raisin_Gods_Own_Country/Another of this ilk: The Wrong Boy by Willy RussellFinished 11/5/20123* - God's Own Country (2008)1* - Waterline (2012)Dedication: To Margaret 1948-2005Opening: Ramblers. Daft sods in pink and green hats. It wasn't even cold. They moved down the field swing-swaying like a line of drunks, addled with the air and the land, and the smell of manure. I watched them from up top, their bright heads peeping through the fog.