Taking a look behind the scenes at a year's events at a National Trust house, Mary Mackie recounts her often humourous experiences as wife of the houseman at Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk. Along with the hard work came exciting discoveries and the certainty that life would never be dull again.

The sequel to the successful COBWEBS AND CREAM TEAS. 'Hugely entertaining.' - EAST ANGLIAN DAILY TIMES. Mary Mackie lived for seven years at Felbrigg Hall, a fine National Trust property in north Norfolk. However, as wife of the Administrator, she had little time to luxuriate in her surroundings. Her daily saga, so entertainingly unfolded here, reveals what goes on behind the scenes not only of Felbrigg Hall but of stately homes all over the country. For the staff it is an eventful life, full of frustrations, endless worries, a lot of laughter, maddening interruptions, suddenly erupting problems, and moments of pure magic.

'I've never forgotten the photographer who came in as white as a sheet and said he hadn't realised the fence was electrified. Until he was astride it. Nasty.' Join Mary Mackie and husband Chris as they revisit Felbrigg Hall, the stately home they lived and worked in for several years. Behind the beauty of the gardens, resplendent with apple blossom and wisteria, and beyond the imposing majesty of the seventeenth-century architecture, a constant battle is waged against mould and fungus, over-zealous conservationists, and floors on the brink of collapse...Mary reveals the quirks and quagmires of living in this wonderful Norfolk National Trust house.