TY - BOOK AU - Dawson,Simon TI - The Sty's the limit: when middle age gets mucky SN - 9781785411632 U1 - 640.92 PY - 2017/// CY - Leicester PB - Thorpe KW - Dawson, Simon. KW - Self-reliant living KW - England KW - Devon KW - Farms, small KW - Autobiographies KW - lcgft KW - Large type books KW - lcsh N1 - Adult N2 - Years ago, after a drunken misunderstanding, Simon Dawson gave up his job in the city, moved to the wilds of Exmoor and became an accidental self-sufficient smallholder surrounded by animals. But now his life is changing all over again: horror of horrors, he's getting older. Enlisting a cast of best friends - including Ziggy, a panicked soon-to-be father; Garth, an annoying teenager; and the General, a rather handsome pig - to work through their age-related angsts, a plan is hatched to help each other mature (or immature). Hilarity and heartfelt discoveries ensue - all with a fair dose of pigs, chickens, goats and animal madness along the way ER -