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In Now Then Lad, Mike Pannett recounts, with a fair dose of humour, some of his adventures during his first year as a country bobby in North Yorkshire. This is the county made famous by James Herriot’s series of stories of a vet’s life and Mike Pannett, a Yorkshireman who has already worked in the Met in London’s Battersea, works in the same down-to-earth farming community.

He tells of encounters with burglars, incidents with sheep and cattle and even with a lost mole who was anxious to cross a busy road on  the night of an open-air concert. His work involves, among other tasks, hunting for lost hikers on the moors and investigating the balls stolen from the local colonel’s gateway. Mike’s personal life is glanced at, and his developing relationships with local people and with Ann, who was to become his wife.

Most of all, this book is a celebration of North Yorkshire, the Pennines, the Wolds and the farms and villages that nestle in its Dales. Rich with local flavour, this is a delightful true-life account.

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