Tom Rook lives at Porlock on the edge of Exmoor. He has never lived anywhere else, and never wanted to. Over the years he has become an important member of the community that lives and works on the moor.
The film follows Tom's year, from sheep-shearing to lambing, from puppy-walking to the hounds in full cry, from Porlock Show to the point-to-point - men and beasts move against the backdrop of the moor.
Indeed, so deeply is Tom woven into that pattern of life, that the film emerges as a portrait of Exmoor itself, its wide slopes of bracken and heather, its secret coombes, and its people.