−50%A Year at the Mill: Grain, water, and the wheel that fed the village
Simon Ashbourne · narrated by Desmond Cross
2026
One-time. Yours forever, with offline downloads.
30-day money-back guarantee if you have listened to 20% or less. Details
Or get everything
- Every audiobook and ebook in all six apps. Includes this one.
- Fifteen single books would cost more than a whole year of everything.
- One login for everyone in the house. Cancel anytime.
Prefer monthly? See the monthly plans
All-Access is bought on healtone.app, the family hub; one login opens all six apps.
You will spend twelve months inside a working stone mill, where the wheel turns to the rhythm of seasons rather than shifts. Simon Ashbourne walks you through dawn light on wet timber, the hiss of water through the race, and the particular music of grindstones finding their balance. You learn how wheat changes from spring to harvest, why repairs wait for midsummer, and what a miller owes to the village beyond flour. Desmond Cross reads with the steady pace of someone who has stood in drafty doorways and knows the weight of grain. His voice carries sawdust, stone dust, and patience. Settle in where the wheel never truly stops.
20 chapters
- 1Before We Begin4m
- 2Chapter 1: The Wheel at Dawn14m
- 3Chapter 2: What the Mill Really Owes13m
- 4Chapter 3: The Race of Water17m
- 5Chapter 4: The Stones Themselves18m
- 6Chapter 5: Spring Wheat and the First Flour12m
- 7Chapter 6: The Miller's Hands20m
- 8Chapter 7: Midsummer Repairs17m
- 9Chapter 8: Rye and the Darker Flours14m
- 10Chapter 9: The Toll Dish15m
- 11Chapter 10: Autumn Dams and Winter Stores17m
- 12Chapter 11: Oats and the Lesser Grains17m
- 13Chapter 12: The Miller's House18m
- 14Chapter 13: Winter Silence, Winter Work17m
- 15Chapter 14: The Miller's Year as Rhythm15m
- 16Chapter 15: A Day in the Turning19m
- 17Chapter 16: When the Wheel Stops21m
- 18What Remains3m
- 19About the Author1m
- 20From My Shelf to Yours1m
Member reviews
Share your experience with other listeners.
Sign in to write a reviewNo reviews yet. Be the first to share what this audiobook did for you.
