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Free Excerpt From The Book (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) When Timothy Melrose is made redundant from his comfortable life in the IT Education Centre in Milton Keynes, he decides to set up his own freelance business as an author/trainer.At first, it goes quite well as Tim is hired by the Centre to teach word processing to customers. But when he gets the promise of a long-term contract in Scotland, he decides to relocate wife Carrie and GSD Bobby to the delightful village of Ashiestiel Green. Here, Mrs Weatherall (who runs beer pumps of the Bonnie Prince with an iron dish-towel) and First-Class Freda in the post office, see Tim as a useful addition to the village and conspire to involve him in community activities – like the Nativity Play and the unfortunate Easter Pageant. In between these spells of village life, Tim has to find the work to keep his business running and his family in comfort. The long-term contract should have been enough – but when the factory closes, Tim has problems. And so he uses his contacts to search for reliable employment agencies. In time, he finds an agency - and contracts are supplied. But Tim has to travel all over Britain to write the manuals and conduct the training sessions. In doing so, he learns about difficult customers and the joys (and sorrows) or the B-&-B existence – like golf-instruction to a herd of cows, ‘real-milk’ for breakfast or a tea-bag in tomato soup. But although self-employment can be fun, it has its down side. When a client refuses to pay, Tim has to sue – and when he gets a visit from the VAT Inspector, he learns some of the elementary facts of book keeping. Persistence pays: and when Tim is invited to a long-term deal with the International Network, he and Carrie are able to realise their dream of working from home – despite the problems of a chewing puppy, the daily shopping routine and the time required to keep the house and garden up to standard. In general, working from home is good. It gives Tim and Carrie time to get involved with the local dog-training class, enjoy holidays in a broadband-wired cottage in Wester Ross and still find time to organise community activites. But when the puppy sets fire to the Bonnie Prince, Tim wonders if it isn’t time to find another way of life...
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Les lives in central Scotland - with two rescued dogs and a bag of golf clubs. During his many years as an IT trainer, he has worked all over Britain and Europe - and enjoyed four visits to the USA. He had two grown-up daughters and five grandchildren. |
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