Freddy's local history project uncovers a mystery surrounding the ownership of Meadows Green Farm.

With bats in the belfry, a skeleton in their garden and a poltergeist in their house, the Boults are in for a disturbing time.

Freddy discovers Lord Corwen is planning a Hare coursing event and disapproves. Hilly disapproves of the way a tenant farmer keeps his animals and refuses to rent land to him. An old friend of John visits from Wales with a proposal for him and Harriet.

Two strangers arrive at the Broughall Estate - a shearer with a mysterious past and a rouge stag of a place in the herd.

Harriet's reluctance to talk about her deceased father is challenged when Ellen, his companion in his final years, turns up.

Ted needs a new barn and Freddy has an idea about how to build one. But someone is determined to burn it down. And is there room for a fox hunter and a fox enthusiast in the same family?