The Highland Vet: A Year at Thurso

Discover the charms and challenges of working at Scotland's most northerly mainland veterinary practice.

From performing farm animal caesarean sections at all hours to missing special occasions in order to treat much loved family pets in crisis, no two days in the work of vet Guy Gordon and his team are ever the same.

Based in Thurso, northern Scotland, the small group of vets and their supporting staff cover a vast area of more than one thousand square miles. The expansive, wild and rural la...