Escape to the Chateau

Dick and Angel deal with frequent rainshowers as they transform their French chateau into a luxury glamping experience for spring.

Angel plans an attic studio; Angel and Dorothy go on a mother-daughter trip to Paris; Dick works in the outbuildings; a surprise birthday event.

Angel creates a series of rooms in the chateau's pepper-pot turret; Dick hits an unexpected snag when he opens a parkour fitness trail.

During the peak of the events season, Dick and Angel deal with melting wedding cakes, school holidays, a boating lake, and a leaky boat.

Before winter sets in, Dick ploughs the wildflower meadow and joins with Angel in bringing the dilapidated coach house back to life.

It is harvest time at the chateau, but it is also time for family wheelbarrow races, to give the basement a swish makeover, and to convert the old piggery into a chicken coop.

Christmas at the chateau features festive treats, including homemade walnut wine, and a super-sized Christmas tree.

Dick Strawbridge and his partner Angel Adoree purchase an abandoned French chateau in the hope of restoring it to its former 19th-century glory.

Dick Strawbridge and his partner Angel Adoree purchase an abandoned French chateau in the hope of restoring it to its former 19th-century glory.

Dick Strawbridge and his partner Angel Adoree purchase an abandoned French chateau in the hope of restoring it to its former 19th-century glory.