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Product Identifiers

PublisherPavilion Books

ISBN-101911358901

ISBN-139781911358909

eBay Product ID (ePID)28038768936

Product Key Features

Book TitleEscape to the Country

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicEurope / Great Britain

Publication Year2020

GenreTravel

AuthorJules Hudson

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight37.6 Oz

Item Length8.6 in

Item Width9.6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

SynopsisInspiration and advice about finding a dream home in the countryside from Jules Hudson, presenter of the BBC's Escape to the Country . Escape to the Country has run on daytime BBC1 since 2002 and is now in its eighteenth season. Each week it helps urban buyers find their dream home in rural Britain by showing them specially selected properties. Along the way the program tells us about the landscape and history of the area they are in. The program is on every weekday and has been sold to thirty countries including Australia, Canada, and the USA. This is an inspirational and practical book to appeal to armchair dreamers and lovers of property porn as well as those really thinking of making the move. Regional sections look at the typical kinds of homes found in each place, along with local landscapes and landmarks. Features sprinkled throughout the book cover everything from dealing with listed building consent and public footpaths to how grow your own food. Jules is well placed to talk about conservation and renovation issues too, having trained as an archaeologist and renovated his own historic house., Inspiration and advice about finding your dream home in the countryside from Jules Hudson, presenter of the BBC's Escape to the Country., Inspiration and advice about finding your dream home in the countryside from Jules Hudson, presenter of the BBC's Escape to the Country. Dreaming of an escape from the rat race? This is an inspirational and practical book perfect for anyone looking to make the move - or even armchair travellers and fans of property porn. This book offers advice on what to look for in a rural property, renovation and building, as well as transport and heating, running a rural business and the pros and cons of life in the countryside. The second half of the book is organised regionally, looking at the typical kinds of home you find in each place, the sort of landscape, local landmarks and days out. Features sprinkled through the book cover everything from dealing with listed building consent and public footpaths to how grow your own food and discourage deer from eating it first. It is beautifully illustrated throughout with the beautiful vistas to be enjoyed from the homes in the countryside, and gorgeous homes - from thatched cottages to stone farmhouses, restored mills and barn conversions. Jules Hudson is well placed to talk about conservation and renovation issues too, having trained as an archaeologist and renovated his own historic house. He has been a presenter on BBC's Escape to the Country since 2007. The programme has run on daytime BBC1 since 2002, and is now in its eighteenth series. Each week it helps urban buyers find their dream home in rural Britain by showing them three specially selected properties. Along the way the programme tells us about the landscape and history of each area.