Jules Hudson joins a house buyer, with a £400,000 budget, in search of a rural retreat in Gloucestershire.

While in the county, he discovers how local conservation efforts are helping improve the River Severn's endangered eel population.

Alistair Appleton is in Lincolnshire helping a couple of retired expats, with a budget of £300,000, return from France and find a rural retreat on home soil. While in the county, Alistair meets a local conservationist with an entrepreneurial approach to safeguarding the area's ancient woodland.