Take one ex-professional soldier with one ex-wife, one delinquent teenage son, one cantankerous old manservant and one beautiful but neglected country house. Add one strong-minded ex-PA, who has just lost both her job and her lover; toss in one hippy gardener with a colourful past, and one very large hairy dog with few social graces. Deposit all on a gale-swept Cornish coast in mid-winter; stir vigorously, then stand well back and see what human chemistry can do to your heart...