As the season winds down for our Brits abroad, there's bovine bother at an Italian retreat. In Spain, it's a tale of two resorts, with two restaurateurs underwhelmed and two B&B owners overwhelmed. And in France, two holiday hosts have a bad case of hot tub envy.

A fire door threatens to ruin the launch of a Hampshire couple's French restaurant and two former singers in Bulgaria find themselves needing to learn tree surgery.