A former soldier hauled his beloved home more than 10ft back from a crumbling cliff top – just minutes before council chiefs were due to order its demolition.
Lance Martin, 65, feared his house would be knocked down after coastal erosion left it teetering just 3ft from a 50ft cliff.
But he refused to accept defeat and finally managed to drag the 50 ton wooden chalet back from the edge of the sandy cliff in Hemsby, Norfolk.