John Uttley is back in his favoured territory, north of the Ribble, in green pastures, and south in cabbage fields. This time, he's changed the characters. Young lovers many decades ago, Sheila and Jim meet up again in old age after the death of their spouses. Their marriages had been good ones. Sheila has a large family to prove it. Jim has only haunting memories. Their mourning is genuine but they both still have a few years left before the Grim Reaper will call. Can they make the most of them together?They befriend a young pair of lovers whose relationship is doomed to fail. Oldies and youngsters help each other to navigate their way through. Much has changed but more has stayed the same.