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Valentine and Allan didn’t mean to buy a small castle; in fact, they weren’t quite sure what they were looking for when they started house hunting in Cumbria. However, when they happened upon The Howgills, a group of grassy fells between Sedbergh and Ravenstonedale, they knew they had found the right spot. It was just a case of finding the right cottage.
‘We left touristy Cornwall behind us to return to Allan’s roots in Cumbria,’ says Valentine. ‘Neither of us had