Country Life: A story of peaks and troughs

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Former townies Giles and Mary swapped city life for rural Wiltshire over thirty years ago, and they've each embraced it in their own very different ways. Gogglebox legends Giles Wood and Mary Killen could be beaming into our living rooms from a new house before we know it.

Gogglebox stars Giles Wood and Mary Killen shot to fame after appearing on the Channel 4 show eight years ago and have become much-loved regulars since then. Before Gogglebox, Giles Wood and Mary Killen could never have believed that the intricacies of their marriage of opposites would be aired before millions. We sat at a table in the garden and had roast beef and potatoes with Yorkshire pudding, carrots and peas, followed by jelly croquettes with berries. The pair have loved their lives in the country and Miles remarks that he could not imagine spending so much time in the city.As a woman who can’t drive, I have been exiled these past three decades to a village without a bus service," she lamented in the book. Gogglebox's Giles and Mary hint at life-changing move after 'nuisances' in country Gogglebox stars Giles Wood and Mary Killen opened up on their fears of missing out in a new book, explaining that it drove them to consider a life-changing move.

For recent city escapees and indigenous country folk alike, Giles and Mary sift through the unhelpful dreamy myths and offer a practical reality, with robust back and forth on every aspect of life in rural outposts, including but not limited to planning wars, class wars, dog thefts, tree-felling fights, misunderstandings between incomers and natives and the role of the Heron Appreciation Society. Weak, distracted Biden has let Iran's mullahs get away with murder - and now risks an unholy war: ANDREW NEIL spells out how the appeasing president MUST strike back with a vengeance to save his own skin. The much-loved Wiltshire couple share their combined, hard-earned lessons, so we can learn the secret skills of grumbling and bumbling our way towards a new contented country life.Mary is the social butterfly, going down to London to see her friends, while Giles spends an inordinate amount of time in the garden, which has become a standing joke, because nobody knows what he does there. Mary is not blameless – she has never managed to pass a driving test and admits to squirting Pledge through the keyhole to ward off Giles. This may result in small marks to the dustjacket and title page, please also bear in mind that each signature will be a little different from the one we show here.

One day, Mary opened the front door to get the milk to find Barry standing on the doorstep with a pint in each hand.

GILES: The TV series Neighbours From Hell usually features unfriendly neighbours who have fallen out over footling matters such as car parking, boundaries or overhanging vegetation. Mary Killen is a busy journalist, with a weekly column in The Spectator, and regular contributions in many other national publications. A year in the life of Gogglebox's Giles and Mary, as Giles is swamped by Mary's hoarding, Mary is a pawn in the Easel Wars, Giles frames Mary in a dishwasher showdown and Mary struggles with vexatious laundry. Mary Killen (Author) Mary Killen is a busy journalist, with a weekly column in The Spectator, and regular contributions in many other national publications.