They Did Something Crazy: My Parents and Their Leap from London to Rural Dorset While the Sixties Swung (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798298789776)

What happens when two ordinary people decide to do something extraordinary?

In the early 1960s, a London couple in their forties walked away from steady jobs, a comfortable city home, and the familiar rhythms of urban life. With no grand plan-only instinct and courage-they bought a derelict Dorset cottage and began again.

This book is not just about a house, or even a move from one place to another. It is about a quiet revolution: a life built from scratch, with imagination and hard work, where vision met craftsmanship, and possibility became reality.

Through memory, reflection, and fragments of family history, They Did Something Crazy tells the story of two people who dared to live differently. It is a tribute to courage taken without fanfare, to dreams made real, and to the mysteries that remain when those who lived them are gone.

At its heart, it asks timeless questions:
What does it mean to begin again? What makes a life meaningful? And how do we hold on to the stories that shaped us before they fade?

Moving, personal, and deeply human, this is more than a family memoir-it is an invitation to remember, to reflect, and to imagine what might be possible when we choose to start anew.