Lincolnshire

Ben Fogle spends a year following newlyweds Emma and Dave as they risk everything, swapping minimalist living on a canal boat in London for a spacious wooden chalet with 14 acres of grassland in the heart of rural Lincolnshire. They're trying to create a bespoke camping and glamping site in a rural paradise. But with no experience of doing anything like this before, can they overcome unexpected problems from pandemic lockdowns to planning permission and make their dream come true? Dave and Emma are no strangers to adventure. They got engaged during a 1,000- mile ride on a tandem along the river Danube. Ben meets the newlyweds as they embark on their grand design to build a glamping and camping retreat business, with guest accommodation on converted buses, in glamping pods in their woodland, and in tents on their meadow. They want chickens and a herd of alpacas, and plan to offer outdoor experiences drawing in their dream rural paradise. It's a huge undertaking for a couple who have never even owned a garden. They face a lot of work before they can open for business — building a driveway and car park, and setting up composting toilets, glamping pods and a paddock for the alpacas. The enthusiastic novices roll up their sleeves and get stuck in. But the pandemic brings lockdowns when they planned to start receiving paying guests and, as if that wasn't challenging enough, as they go deeper into debt, the planning authorities raise concerns that could spell the end of their dreams and financial disaster. When Ben returns a year after he first met them, will he find they are open for business? Have they managed to turn their dream new life in the country into a reality?