My partner Adam and I love nothing more than venturing out into our stunning and peaceful local countryside and spending our leisure time lurking in the hedgerows and along the seashore, river banks or unique Norfolk broads, peeking into every nook and cranny searching out interesting fauna and flora to spy through our binoculars or photograph with our digital cameras.

The UK media is full of it at the moment. The celebrities lined up for the 2011 Dancing on Ice series has finally been revealed! The new series is due to begin on 9 January 2011 on ITV 1. See you there!!

Today I’ll give you 10 practical, must know, homeowner tips to help shield you from your city’s ever prying eyes into your home, so that you can enjoy it. What’s more, you’ll be following the law! How sweet is that eh, but I’m getting ahead of myself here.

So let’s say you just bought yourself a carved out piece of manicured lot complete with a lovely cookie-cutter home in a middle class town