Wall Street to the English countryside

01MAY 22

NEW YORK

I moved to the States, studied at Seton Hill, and ended up on a trading floor. By 2022 the job ran on client socialising and I was in a cycle of late nights and heavy drinking.

02APR 23

LEAVING

I quit, and went travelling to find ways of rebuilding my health. No plan beyond getting well and working out what I actually wanted.

032023

THAILAND

Months at a monastery on one meal a day with nothing to do but sit still. It was the first time in years I had been quiet enough to think, and where I reconnected with Louie.

04AUG 23

THE AUDIENCE

Louie and I put the idea out publicly before we had a site, and started work on a first location. The first video went viral and people stayed.

05DEC 23

THE SEARCH

We looked all over the country for the right property and had an offer accepted in Essex.

06APR 24

THE SETBACK

The sale fell through and an investor pulled out. Back to the drawing board, with the concept still being developed in the background.

07NOV 24

DUNFORD HOUSE

Louie went to an event at Dunford House. It was not on the market. We negotiated a deal with the owner anyway, and the development began.

08APR 25

GROUNDBREAKING

Construction began on fifty five acres near Midhurst. Thirty rooms, co-founded with Louie Blake, opening 2027.

2026

NOW

Raising, building, filming, and running at the pace the trading floor taught me, applied to something that stays in one place.