Imagine the idyllic childhood of Enid Blyton’s fictitious Famous Five, and you will have a picture of the day-to-day life of the Storrar family. Anita and Tom live in a long, low cottage nestled in a wooded Yorkshire valley, where wildlife comes to the door, and their three children enjoy a playground of chattering streams, rolling fields, and meandering country lanes. The summers are hot and slow, and winters promise thick snow, tobogganing and nights around a roaring log fire.
‘The rural estate setting is amazing, and it was
