Charlie Gladstone

“You should be doing what you want to be doing forever.”

Entrepreneur. Creative Director. Podcaster. Enthusiast.

In 1990, Charlie Gladstone and his wife Caroline left jobs in music and design and moved from South London to The Highlands of Scotland. They're now living ‘the Good Life’, with multiple countryside enterprises split between two estates in North Wales and Scotland.

He is a retailer, festival owner, farmer, author, publican, restauranteur, podcast host, property developer, charity board member and enthusiast. His businesses employ over 100 people and include The Good Life Society, the Hawarden Estate Farm Shop in North Wales and Glen Dye Cabins and Cottages in Scotland.

With his wife Caroline, he wrote The Family Guide to the Great Outdoors (Penguin Random House). They have been married for over 30 years and together they have six adult children.