{"id":6452,"date":"2016-10-24T09:37:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T08:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/?p=6452"},"modified":"2016-10-24T09:37:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T08:37:56","slug":"wigmore-abbey-john-challis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wigmore-abbey-john-challis\/","title":{"rendered":"Wigmore Abbey By John Challis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d7386eeb5bdcd2f43c1295b58ceaf130\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: right; margin:5px 0 5px 5px;\">\n<amp-auto-ads type=\"adsense\"\r\n              data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\">\r\n<\/amp-auto-ads>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Just to let you know that John Challis has a great new coffee table book out on his home.<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s called Wigmore Abbey. You can get a signed copy for \u00a330 Including P&amp;P <a href=\"http:\/\/wigmorebooks.com\/wigmore-abbey.php\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6453\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/wigmore-abbey.jpg\" alt=\"wigmore abbey\" width=\"402\" height=\"500\" \/>PRE-LAUNCH OFFER: This beautiful book is available for pre-order, autographed by John with a personalised dedication, and free P&amp;P, all for \u00a330.Books will be dispatched from October 24th 2016. Offer extends until 30th November 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Special First Edition launch offer until November 30th 2016<\/p>\n<p>This offer is available for pre-order, to be dispatched from October 24th 2016.<\/p>\n<p>John Challis recounts his arrival in Herefordshire and why he and his wife, Carol, decided to buy Wigmore Abbey. Arriving there in the late \u201990s, they threw themselves into the task of restoring the abbot\u2019s lodging \u2013 the only habitable part remaining of what had once been a great monastery.<\/p><div class=\"d7386eeb5bdcd2f43c1295b58ceaf130\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ofah2-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5593259115\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>They always had an interest in gardening and once they\u2019d got on top of the house restoration, they went out to have a proper look at the land around them, where they uncovered extensive gardens that were badly neglected and overgrown. John and Carol soon found that they had to strip everything back, and start again with a more or less clean palette on which to create their new garden.<\/p>\n<p>Their activity was interrupted when the BBC proposed that Wigmore Abbey would be the perfect location for the Only Fools &amp; Horses spin-off, The Green Green Grass. Delighted with the prospect of not having to drive to work, John and his former OFAH co-star, Sue Holderness, quickly recreated Boycie and Marlene as the out of place country \u2018squires\u2019 in a show that ran for four series.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, John and Carol persevered with the task of recreating the gardens reaching a point where visitors have come from far afield to see it. It was even chosen to be featured on one of Alan Titchmarsh\u2019s Chelsea Flower Show programmes. Wigmore Abbey, The Treasure of Mortimer is a charming, personal book, lavishly illustrated with photos of the interior and the gardens through the seasons, taken by renowned photographer, Alex Ramsay<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wigmore-abbey-john-challis\/\"><img width=\"125\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/wigmore-abbey-144x144.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"wigmore abbey\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/wigmore-abbey-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/wigmore-abbey-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a><p>Just to let you know that John Challis has a great new coffee table book out on his home. 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