Fresh Eggs and Dog Beds

Living the Dream in Rural Ireland

De: Nick Albert

Narrado por: Andy Stevenson

Nick and Lesley Albert yearn to leave the noise, stress, and pollution of modern Britain and move to the countryside, where the living is good, the air sweet, with space for their dogs to run free. Suddenly out of work and soon to be homeless, they set off in search of a new life in Ireland, a country they had never visited. As their adventure began to unfold, not everything went according to plan. If finding their dream house was difficult, buying it seemed almost impossible. How would they cope with banks that didn’t want customers, builders who didn’t need work, or the complex issue of where to buy some chickens?

©Two Ant Press (P)2019 Nick Albert

Loved it, fun and entertaining listen

Wow, I thoroughly enjoyed this book, the writing and humor are excellent. Narrator perfect. I look forward to the next books in this series.

I received this book free for my honest review.

An incredible listen!

The author immerses the reader immediately into his world. The detailed immersion is never mundane or monotonous, as some would say. However, it is the memoir, and as such, many common readers do not like memoirs. It is an intriguing story, well-written, and profound. It is sad and happy, and troublesome, but always the reader can feel as if he or she were on the journey all along. The journey the author takes on the road to his new life is real and immediate. You are invited to journey along. Enjoy the trip! I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

The highs and lows of moving

A must read for anyone planning on buying a house abroad or somewhere quiter.
Also a must read for dog owners.
Finally a must read for people who love the ironic British humour

Thoroughly enjoyed 😉

loved this look into living the quiet Irish country dream. I am envious of the bravery it takes to leave modern living behind. look forward to the next in the series.

Great performance

Enjoyed it very much, characteristically and beautiful narrated. Very easy and comfortable listing to a typical british story.

interesting

This set of misadventures they called life would have been enough to give a lesser person a stroke. It seemed he had more stress in the life choices he made to decrease his stress, imo. Yeah for him and his spouse, because this would have put me six feet under. I voluntarily listened to a free copy of this and am giving an honest review. The narrator did a good job bringing it to life.

A fun and funny short novel

The stress of your work life and the fun and stressful life of trying to set yourself up to retire. Nick and Lesley are living the dream most of us have. They moved to Ireland, bought a country property and made it a home for themselves and their dogs. This book is their hilarious journey and I can't wait to get to book 2!

Great story!

I ended up listening to book 2 of this series first. I loved it! Although books 1 and 2 are similar in that they're really funny with the sarcasm and jokes and I found both interesting when it came to searching for and/or fixing up their house, book 1 was much more slow-going than book 2.

The narrator did a great job as with book 2. I couldn't help but notice that when he said "sloth" it was pronounced as "slowth" and "installation" was "inchalation." I'd never heard either word pronounced that way before. In the end, I think his voice/accent fit the story perfectly.

Funny and entertaining

This is a delightful and humorous story of an English couple (Nick & Lesley) who decide to move to Ireland because of his doctor's advise. The author does a wonderful job of detailing their excursion! From their house hunting to finally moving in.
I found myself literally laughing out loud more than once over some of the descriptions of certain events. I loved this book and would gladly reread it in the future. I look forward to the rest of the series!
I was given this free review copy aidiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

very good

Loved it !! this story. the narrator is so fantastic it's like your really there!! good overall