As an autumnal breeze rustles through copper-coloured leaves, JB Gill stops for a moment to take in the view. “You see the oak tree sapling there?” he says. “It’s one of my favourite trees. I planted it with my children a few years ago and I can’t wait to see it in the future, when my kids are adults, to see how much it has also grown.”
Of all the career choices to take after six years in JLS, one of the UK’s most popular boybands, becoming a farmer was probably the most surprising, but for Gill, it was something he felt instinctively drawn to.
