River Cottage Forever

River Cottage Forever is the third series of this hugely popular Channel 4 programme.

The rolling hills and rugged countryside of Dorset provided the perfect backdrop for Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s experiment in leaving the rat race behind to live off the fat of the land. And tucked away at the bottom of one of the Dorset valleys is the ideal home: River Cottage

In his first year Hugh had just the cottage and the garden but he soon found he needed more land. In his second year he did a deal with a neighbour to rent four acres (16,000 m²). His smallholding now boasted a polytunnel for growing vegetables,a fox-proof high rise chicken accommodation and a pasture for his sheep, cows and pigs.