Whilst we were away between early February and Easter, we got notification via Emma, that SSE (the electricity infrastructure provider...

At the end of January 2023 we set up the wildlife cameras in the garden hoping to catch footage of the red squirrel we had seen at...

Liz had been invited to the first ever tai chi class in the village hall by Heather, with a huge turn out of about 30 people (probably...

Literally just down the road at Glendaruel, there's a sign to St Modan's well so we thought we'd check it out on one of the days in our...

As we headed into the New Year our first visit was planned for late January off the back of a trip to the Shetland Islands for Up Helly...

As well as doing some DIY to the house over Christmas we wanted to have some down time and give some thanks to Adam and Emma for helping...

To take a short break from our DIY we decided to check out the walk nearest to us, recommended by Adam and Emma. It is called Lovers'...

We had a lovely Christmas day with the kids, their boyfriends and Dasha and then jumped in the car first thing boxing day to hit the...

We love our new house and all the character that it brings, so we will be looking to retain as much of what drew us to it as we can. But...

We were so excited to get the keys to the new house that, even though it's a seven hour drive from Warwickshire, we decided to make the...

And, so, we have finally secured it - the perfect house for us for the next stage of our life. Nestled into the hillside above the...

The first few weeks after filming were spent in anticipation of the programme being released. We had no idea when it would be shown, just...

After wrapping it up at the house, and conscious that the day was passing fast, we de-camped up the road to a local pub who had put some...

The next morning, Liz woke before our alarm went off and quickly worked out that there was a powercut. Great, no shower and no coffee! A...

Glebe Cottage, Whitehouse, Tarbert, Argyll The next house was an hour further south on the Kintyre peninsula. Under the surface, John was...

Ardnaslighe, Ford, by Lochgilphead, Argyll We spotted the yellow 'For Sale' board that we had passed earlier that morning, and Owen...

The next day the presenter was to meet us close to the first house, and we were driven there by Jess, who is an absolute sweetheart and...

In case you missed it - our show aired on 23rd January at 3pm, BBC1 - watch on catch up, but be kind! John by this time was a little...

An exciting email! 26th August Hi Liz and John...... Julia was getting in touch to let us know that they had revisited our feasibility...

This one really caught Liz's eye, because this is the ultimate in off-grid survivalist living! Tucked away down a forestry track is...