A new start after 60: 'We both like gardening - so we became farmers'

Bob and Ann Paton thought they were just moving to their dream country home - until they had the idea to turn its six acres into a small farm"We didn't intend to be farmers," Bob Paton says. In their 50s, he and his wife, Ann, envisaged "one more move". They lived in Newcastle upon Tyne and had a checklist for their dream house: "Northumberland, stone-built, a bit of character and a reasonable garden," Bob says.The place they found ticked every box but one. Instead of a reasonable garden, it had six acres. As they walked the grounds, Bob turned to Ann and said: "We could turn this into a small farm."Tell us: has your life taken a new direction after the age of 60? Continue reading...