00:00Talking of following in footsteps, I mean, we are literally following in his footsteps
00:05right here on the Herriot Way, aren't we?
00:07Yes, we did it in 1957, when I was the princely age of 14, and he wrote it up in his book
00:13James Herriot's Yorkshire, visiting all the places I describe.
00:17And I said to him, forget it, Dad, it's not worth publishing.
00:21That book outsold all the books he'd written.
00:25So don't ask me for advice, Helen, will you?
00:27Don't ask me for advice.
00:32The original Herriot Way route has changed since the first father and son ramble in 1957.
00:38But the stunning Swaledale landscape remains the same.
00:44This was his all-time favourite dale, especially the top end, because he liked wild spots rather
00:52than civilised spots.
00:55And the fame and fortune and the legacy, you really can't underestimate, because it's
00:59a very different thing, fame, now, isn't it?
01:01People can be famous on social media for a couple of years or a couple of months.
01:05But your dad, I mean, his work has gone on and on and been reincarnated, hasn't it?
01:10Oh, yes.
01:11One of the greatest legacies he had was people wrote to him, having read his books, and it
01:16said they made them feel better.
01:18People on hard times, people depressed, still send letters to my sister and I.
01:24Almost 30 years after his death to say that reading his books are therapeutic.
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