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 ch-au with 12 acres of land in the Loire valley.
Where Sunday Times bestseller A Year At The Ch-au told the entertaining and heartwarming beginning of the family''s French adventure, as they found their forever home and began to restore and renovate the dilapidated castle, Living The Ch-au Dream is about the years of hard graft that followed. Dick and Angel leapt into action transforming Ch-au-de-la-Motte Husson into both a thriving family home and a sustainable business, and began making their dream of rural life in a fairytale castle a reality.
From throwing open the shutters to new suites to exploring the walled garden, launching their wedding business and hosting guests for food lover weekends, no stone was left unturned. From the day-to-day tasks like installing a lift to the
