ENJOYING THE GOOD LIFE AT THEIR DEVON FARM, ‘STRICTLY’ STARS JIMI MISTRY AND FLAVIA CACACE-MISTRY ON HOW THE GREAT OUTDOORS IS THE ‘BEST THERAPY’ AND WHY THEY’VE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER SINCE LEAVING THE CITY

‘It was like the dream that you sort of want but haven’t got the courage to try’ Flavia

Surrounded by chickens, sheep and acres of rolling green fields, Flavia Cacace-Mistry and husband Jimi Mistry couldn’t feel further away from the sequins and sparkles of Strictly Come Dancing , the show where they first met and fell in love.

Since swapping suburbia for a smallholding in the Devon countryside seven months ago, their new routine is rather more like The Good Life , the hit 1970s comedy that followed the adventures of a couple striving to be self-sufficient – and which is making a comeback as a touring stage play this autumn.

Each morning, they are woken by a dawn chorus of birds, then head outside