A young couple of biologists and their two children move from Riga to a nature reserve where they're provided with an old country cottage. They start to repair the cottage and feel at home, but the former owner of the house suddenly returns from Canada. When he realises that the present inhabitants...
Suddenly, Peter, sitting in his tractor, wins a radio competition for a potato variety. He turns his back on his wife and rides the tractor into town to collect his prize. Peter's journey becomes more important than the original destination - it resolves his relationship with his wife.