Angel Strwabridge is a city girl at heart, well, she was a city girl, and escaping the busy streets of London’s East End to the peace and tranquillity of the French countryside has been a wonderful journey of discovery. Chateau de la Motte Husson hosts an incredible variety of wildlife right on its doorstep. It’s her husband Dick Strawbridge who gives the children, and angel, a master-class every day on what we see out the windows.

Angel and the family are so so lucky to be surrounded by a moat, not only is it peaceful and full of fish, but every morning a stunning Heron perches on a rock and eats their fish. Angels daughter Dorothy has taken a real liking to our adopted Heron, often shouting at the top of her voice ‘The Heron.. The Heron!’ It often flies off at this point, but we all run to the window to see it in flight! In Japanese culture, the bird represents a noble and graceful appearance and a sign of purity, which must be why Angel is so drawn to it....