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Lottery winner Adrian Bayford who scooped £148m makes major change to £12m estate to SAVE money…with help from his lover
The millionaire has endured a string of turbulent relationships
LOTTERY millionaire Adrian Bayford has swapped his rocker lifestyle for The Good Life - after setting up an allotment with his eco-fiancée.
Heavy metal fan Adrian has gone ‘subsistent’ with lover Tracey Biles packing an allotment and greenhouses with onions and other veg and greens.
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The couple now even have ‘kids’ together after adopting goats to live in the grounds of the £148m EuroMillions jackpot winner’s 189-acre estate.
They are growing their own food in a new kitchen garden, in raised beds and under polytunnels and want to supply as much of their own produce as possible.
The humble set-up is a far-cry from the millions Ade spent on creating an equestrian estate for former fiancée Sam Burbridge.
The Sun previously told how green-fingered Tracey had inspired Ade to create a vineyard on his estate.
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The Lotto winner planted Meunier grape vines - enabling him to produce English sparkling wine.
A pal said: “Tracey is really into wholesome pursuits, like gardening and small-scale farming.
“It’s really good for Adrian because he didn’t really know what to do with his enormous estate before.
“She’s in her element - and ultimately it will save him money, rather than costing him it.
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“It shows what good news she is for him. He’s had so much bad luck, he deserves some ‘Good Life’.
“It’s a dramatic change from Adrian’s rocker days and hosting festivals in his grounds.”
Lotto winner Gillian Bayford’s husband almost blew her fortune, it was claimed last night
The Good Life was a BBC 1970s sitcom in which a man quits his job to escape his busy life to move to the suburbs to live self-sufficiently.
In the show, Tom Good and his wife Barbara look after chickens, pigs, a goat, and a cockerel, as they enjoy humble living.
Tracey, 45, posted a picture of their goats on Facebook, with a friend teasing: “Never knew you had kids!”
She responded: “You do now!” and added: “Their personalities are incredible and crazy.”
Bayford, 53, who landed his win with now ex-wife Gillian in 2012, proposed to ambulance worker Tracey last Christmas and they are due to get married in a lavish overseas wedding.
They are believed to have got together last summer after Tracey left boyfriend Mark Newman for lookalike mega-rich Adrian.
Tracey met divorcee Mark, who is thinning on top and built like Adrian, in 2018 when they were both working as bus drivers.
She had known Adrian from her younger days and when he started showing an interest in her, Mark said she moved out of their two-bed semi and into Adrian’s £6.5 million country estate.
UK's biggest lottery winners
By Ethan Singh
- Anonymous winner - £195,707,000
A UK ticket-holder scooped the record EuroMillions jackpot of £195 million on July 19 2022 – the biggest National Lottery win of all time.
The holder, who remains anonymous to this day, amassed the fortune with just one lucky ticket.
- Joe and Jess Thwaite - £184,262,899.10
Britain's previous EuroMillions record holders were Joe and Jess Thwaite.
The couple won a record-breaking £184million jackpot in May 2022 and shared hopes of a Hawaiian holiday and a new horse box for their children's ponies.
Joe bought his winning ticket online on May 10, 2022, and the following morning received an email with good news.
As he learnt of the huge win, he was in disbelief and initially kept it for himself as he did not want to disturb his wife, who was sleeping.
Joe, a communications sales engineer, and Jess, who runs a hairdressing salon with her sister, have been married for 11 years and have two children.
- Colin and Chris Weir, £161,653,000
Colin and Christine Weir landed the colossal prize money in 2011 and were Europe’s second-biggest winners until someone in Italy won a jackpot worth £193m in 2019.
They splashed the cash at an astounding rate of £100,000 a week before tragedy struck.
But at the time of Colin’s death in December 2019, his share of the prize money had dwindled by around £40m.
He spent millions living a life of luxury, forking out for sports cars, property and the football club he supported.
Colin and Christine divorced shortly before his death after being married for 38 years.
He left money for their children Carly and Jamie.
- Adrian and Gillian Brayford - £148,600,000
Adrian and Gillian won 190 million euros in a EuroMillions draw in August 2012, which came to just over £148 million.
But Adrian split from Gillian the following year because of the stress of the win.
The couple bought a Grade II listed estate in Cambridgeshire, complete with a cinema and billiards room, but it was sold in 2021.
After divorcing in 2013, he failed to woo ex-sausage factory worker Marta Jarosz — but fell for stable girl Sam Burbidge.
She left him in 2017, taking 30 prize horses Adrian bought.
It might have worked out in the end for Adrian though as the former postman was seen smiling with ambulance worker Tracey Biles last year.
- Frances and Patrick Connolly - £114,969,775
Former social worker and teacher Frances set up two charitable foundations after she and her husband hit the jackpot.
They scooped almost £115 million on New Year’s Day 2019.
She estimates that she has already given away £60 million to charitable causes, as well as friends and family.
- Richard and Debbie Nuttall - £61,000,000
The couple from Colne, Lancashire, took home £61 million on January 30 2024.
Both 54, they were enjoying a holiday in Fuerteventura, celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary.
But they then discovered the big EuroMillions win.
Richard revealed they originally thought they had won £2.60, but then received another email telling the pair to check their account.
Other eye-watering anonymous winners:
- 2019 - £123million
Another anonymous winner scooped up a prize of £123,458,008 in the June Superdraw rollover.
- 2021 - £122million
Following nine rollovers, one ticketholder bagged the £122,550,350 jackpot last April.
The successful participant chose to remain anonymous.
- 2018 - £121million
Another anonymous winner found their fortune during the Superdraw jackpot rollover in April 2018, securing £121,328,187.
Bayford has been unlucky in love since hitting the jackpot and separated from his wife, Gillian, 15 months after their big win.
He was later linked to Marta Jarosz, 30, a Polish sausage factory worker, who he employed as a bodyguard and assistant.
He then met stable girl Sam Burbidge in January 2014 and spent millions on her riding hobby, buying up to 30 thoroughbred horses.
They got engaged but she walked out in January 2017 - taking the prize steeds with her.
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Bayford started wooing Frankie & Benny’s waitress, Lisa Kemp, 46, in December 2017, but had his heart broken when she dumped him while they were on holiday.
The millionaire had allegedly been messaging his ex, Marta.
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