Owner Story: How Green Hill Farm Enchanted Wendy Interviewed by Clare Balding

When broadcaster Clare Balding visited Green Hill Farm in the New Forest, she met Wendy and her dog Hugo, and quickly discovered the magic holiday home ownership has brought to their lives.

“I’ve got a little welcome sign in my lodge,” Wendy says. “It says ‘It enchants you.’ And it does — Green Hill really does enchant you.”

The gateway to the New Forest

Just twenty minutes from her home, Wendy and Hugo now spend their weekends surrounded by trees, birdsong and open skies.

“It was one of the main reasons we came here,” Wendy tells Clare Balding. “Packing up work at the weekend, with Hugo getting older, we can spend all weekend here with freedom and space.”

From her lodge deck, the New Forest stretches out like an endless garden.

“This is the gateway to the New Forest — my new big back garden!”

A simpler, slower rhythm

For Wendy, Green Hill Farm offers something priceless — simplicity.

“When you live and work in a busy town, life can get hectic,” she says. “To be able to get away to this — and it’s only twenty minutes away — it’s amazing.”

Here, life moves at a gentler pace. Walks with Hugo replace traffic, birdsong replaces email pings, and the weekends always feels wonderfully long.

Whether you’re looking for lodges for sale in the New Forest, Clare Balding’s visit shows that Green Hill Farm is a place that welcomes you — and enchants you.

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