Real Life: A Farm in the City: Im the New Felicity Kendal ; Like Tom and Barbara in the Good Life, Dawn Smith, 45, Left the Rat Race to Live Off the Land in Her Back Garden

Sunday MirrorJune 05, 2005

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It all started last year. I was feeling a bit fed up, because my husband Paul had been working away from home as a caravan salesman. He would come home when he could but, effectively, I was a single parent to our five kids, as well as holding down a full-time job as a school counsellor.

I was reading the Sunday paper having a cup of tea when I saw an ad saying, Are you up for the good life?

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Real Life: A Farm in the City: Im the New Felicity Kendal ; Like Tom and Barbara in the Good Life, Dawn Smith, 45, Left the Rat Race to Live Off the Land in Her Back Garden

I thought, Yes, I bloody well am.

It said they were looking for families to give up work and try to become self-sufficient for a year. They would pay the mortgage, and give you a small allowance to get the project set up. Well, Ive always had a fantasy about keeping hens and chickens, and my son Oliver, whos 17, has always lon...

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