hilary's small screen debut

welcome to hilary johnson handmade[/caption] It’s been nearly a year since the Escape to the Country crew came to our bit of North Devon.  It was a beautiful, clear sunny day – fresh and glittering after the night’s showers – and contestants Sally and Colin saw the countryside cloaked in the verdant finery of spring; it really couldn’t have been more chocolate box if it tried. (Unlike today – the 5 million shades of green are still out there, but the edge has rather been taken off them by the prowling dark rainclouds hovering menacingly above Chulmleigh; someone needs to tell the weather that greys and navy blues are so last year – it’s all about the greens now).

[caption id="attachment_4086" align="alignleft" width="222"] a quick rehearsal[/caption] We’d been checking the schedules for a broadcast date and with 70 episodes per series that’s a lot of house-hunting to get through.  But at long last we were on – so on Wednesday 5th April at 3 o’clock we downed tools to watch Hilary’s 15 minutes of fame (with unexpected butterflies – it’s very weird seeing yourself on tv and you never quite know how you’ll look and sound.  Quite posh as it turns out!) [caption id="attachment_4087" align="alignright" width="211"] capturing the day on camera[/caption] [caption id="attachment_4088" align="alignleft" width="465"] very, very tidy workshop…just don’t look behind that curtain[/caption]               [caption id="attachment_4089" align="alignright" width="462"] window shots[/caption]       [caption id="attachment_4090" align="alignnone" width="189"] Sally & Colin with their creations[/caption] [caption id="attachment_4091" align="alignnone" width="950"] …and it’s a wrap![/caption] 5 May 2017]]>