Bob, Son of Battle

A rugged Scottish farm spreads beneath the harsh sun, its low‑lying stone houses and thatched ricks clinging to the shadow of Muir Pike. In the stack‑yard, old Tammas Thornton, a lifelong servant of the Moore family, argues with the massive, brooding Sam’l Todd while the scent of fresh thatch fills the air. Their banter about the legendary Gray Dogs and the vanished hero Rex hints at a world where memory and pride shape daily life.

Amid this rough‑hewn landscape a young lad named Bob watches, his future hinted at by the old men’s fierce belief that he will become a “right un.” The story offers a vivid portrait of rural hardship, generational loyalty, and the simmering rivalries that stir the quiet hills. Listeners will be drawn into a world where the land itself seems to whisper of battles yet to come.