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This novel memoir does show however how a team of two, who have the same dream, can seemingly conquer all, and create a new and amazing life for themselves and their children. I thoroughly enjoyed the story and became fonder of the characters as they adapted to their new home and the details of the chateau , the people and the French way of life were marvellous.As warm and entertaining as their much-loved show, A Year at the Chateauis a truly irresistible story of adventure and heart, epic ambitions and a huge amount of hard graft. As warm and entertaining as their much\-loved show, A Year at the Château is a truly irresistible story of adventure and heart, epic ambitions and a huge amount of hard graft. I simply love it when waiters are friendly and you can ask them for menu recommendations or new local events to attend.

Dick and Angel Strawbridge were not new to TV when they first appeared on the Channel 4 series Escape to the Château which aired showing them first finding their forever home and then following their journey of restoration, renovation and family life in France. In fact it made me nostalgic for the early episodes (which unfortunately aren't currently available to me for streaming - I'll wait). A quoted exchange between different people prevents a book from becoming a mundane recounting of, “I went here,” “We did this,” “I thought this,” “We bought this. Dick has a very soothing, melodious voice therefore, in my opinion, he is better at narration but Angel is so lovely that I enjoyed her parts just as much.

Not only do we have a wide choice of used books available, we'll also send your next read to you free of charge. In January 2015 Dick and Angel Strawbridge embarked on the journey of a lifetime when they swapped their cosy two-bedroom flat in East London for a derelict château with 12 acres of land in the Loire valley. I did feel that the book was just a carbon copy of the first series, and even though it is a lovely book for fans, I was hoping for lots more like nuggets that was not featured on the channel four show. The book is well organised (as, it seems, was the work they carried out on the chateau) and very informative - bringing the renovation to life. Sad to read that it was all premeditated for television and not just two (fairly) ordinary people who wanted to do something different.