We used to holiday in the Lake District all the time, but it started getting harder and harder for me and my husband Garry to go back home,’ says Sharon. ‘Then I was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis and we took it as an opportunity to completely reshape our lives and relocate.
We were living in Derbyshire in the village of Hayfield at the time, where we’d moved to back in 2015. I’d started an interiors store and gallery, and we were living in a rented apartment above. Although Gerry and I had an amazing five years there, we were working constantly and wanted to slow down a bit.
Property hunt
After searching for three months, a former brewery manager’s house came up for rent in the village of Caldbeck and it was love at first sight. The rooms were all a good size
