In rural Nottinghamshire, Sophie meets Elizabeth, a shepherdess who lives outdoors with a flock of rare breed sheep and experiences the exhilaration of soaring over the Sussex Downs.

Sophie travels to geographic extremes of the UK, first to the Cornish coastal town of Falmouth and then to a remote island in the inner-Hebrides off the northern coast of Scotland, Gometra.

Sophie travels to Finnish Lapland to meet Bex and Steve, a couple who gave up their busy lives in the UK to live in the wilderness of the Arctic Circle.

Sophie meets Sue, who lives and works alone in the most remote hostel in England. In the Scottish Borders, Sophie meets Andy and Aneela, a couple who each face different challenges in their new lives.

Sophie heads to Cape Clear at the most southerly point of Ireland to meet a blind goat farmer, and heads east to meet Nick, who changed his life from inner city teaching assistant to canoe builder.

Sophie meets a couple in the Isles of Scilly who gave up their London lives for a more idyllic way of life on Bryher. Sophie also meets Marion, who has turned her passion for art into a career.