"Why on earth would you want a ruin in Umbria?" Peter Hobday was asked when he told his friends he had bought a derelict farmhouse in Italy. "Because Tuscany's too pricey," was his reply. But in truth he was infatuated with his new home, even though his partner Victoria had to contend with dangerous snakes, scorching weather & even a guest falling through the floor! And all this for an acre of land over 1,000 miles from home