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Gil & Philip
It all started when…
Jonnie Irwin - I Escaped to the Country - BBC1 - S06 - Episode 10
In 2016, appeared on the TV show 'Escape to the Country'. We didn't find our dream home then, but we kept looking and five years later, we arrived at Old Hall! We moved from Shoreditch in London to rural Norfolk and three years on, we love living here. We love the open spaces, the animals (we have rescue hens, pure breed hens, two wire fox terriers (Humphrey and Hattie), two donkeys (Daphne and Dorothy) and a horse - (Finnegan) and our lovely pygmy goat boys (Kester, Darcy, Tennessee and Truman). We love hosting for our guests and sharing what we love and know about Norfolk. It's a very interesting county and we are constantly surprised by it.
We had the pleasure of meeting again with our 'Escape' host, Jonnie Irwin, who visited us in July 2022 for the sequel! Entitled 'I escaped to the country' the show follows us to Norfolk and explores our daily life. We loved seeing Jonnie and the team again and sharing a bit more of our story.
We are real 'Norfolkphiles', we love walking, anything equestrian or canine, volleyball, reading, cinema and anything arty or cultural.
We would love to help you enjoy your own 'escape to the country’.
We look forward to your stay.
Gil , Philip & the whole Pet Family