The neighbour of a lottery winning couple hopes they'll fix a broken fence after they scooped £184million on the Euromillions draw.
Faith Cox. hopes Jess and Joe Thwaite will keep their word after they promised to mend a fence which divides their two properties.
Mrs Cox, 74, wishes the couple well, but tried to get the structure repaired after one of the couple's chickens escaped from their garden
The 74-year-old said: “I was blown away when I heard they’d won the lottery, I just hope they don’t move away… they promised to fix the fence.
“It’s good to have nice neighbours and they are a lovely family, the fence has been in a state for years and I can’t afford to have it mended myself.
“I remember speaking with Joe and he said they planned to put a fence in between our properties. It would mean I can take the horrid temporary fence down."
The couple have a menagerie of animals including three horses, sheep, chickens and two dogs.
They bought the £650,000 home in Gloucestershire which has four acres of land earlier in the year.
It allowed them to indulge their love of horses and for their daughters to hone their show jumping skills.
Mrs Cox loved hearing of the couple’s two young children at play and hoped they would return to the property as neither them nor the animals had been seen since their win on Thursday.
They are aso said to be interested in looking at other houses since their win including Jeremy Clarkson's mansion in the Cotswolds.
The Mirror told how the Thwaite's lives had changed forever, and they are "not sure anyone is really prepared for a win like this".
The lottery often has people dreaming of what they would buy with such an enormous sum of cash, and it also sparks debate about if people would go public with their winnings.
The pair have been married for 11 years and have two children, both at primary school.
They recently moved into a new home where they have three dogs, five chickens, two geckos and three ponies, two of which are loaned.
Joe is a communications sales engineer and has two children from a previous marriage, who are both at university.
Friends of Jess rushed to send their congratulations on her Facebook page, with one writing: "Can't imagine a more deserving family... massive congratulations."
Jess runs the business side of a hairdressing salon along with her sister, and said her dad, who died seven years ago, always played the lottery and dreamed of winning it.
The last few years, she had been "hard" and they were "just like many people and families across the country".
She said: "My sister and I have tried to look after the business and the 20 staff, but times are difficult in hairdressing. J
"Joe has been working hard and we have always tried to put everything into doing the best we can for the children."
