A year in the life of Peartree House Bed & Breakfast describes the first year of trading of a Bed and Breakfast guest house operation in Scotland and is a cracking good read. Written with hints of the Bryson and Blackadder styles it has escapades as good as any Fawlty Towers episode and has something for everyone. For existing and aspiring B&B owners it is essential reading. Spread over 20 chapters it describes how a male ex-IT programme manager, management consultant and management executive gets to grips with mundane chores while trying to provide a superior service to tourists from around the world. From the arrival of the redundancy cheque through the first traumatic weeks of trading, subsequent quality inspection, the provision of dinner, management of websites and the Internet to the hilarious actions of guests the book is fast moving.