United Kingdom, April 7 -- Mel B has found peace after retreating to a farm in the countryside.

The 50-year-old Spice Girls star - real name Melanie Brown - owns a £2 million country estate in the Yorkshire Dales where she lives with her husband Rory McPhee and her kids and the singer has revealed she often goes on forest hikes to calm her mind and enjoys looking after her chickens, ducks and goats.

She told Hello! magazine: "It's beautiful and peaceful here and the animals make me feel very calm. If I'm not feeling too good in myself or my head's spinning with thoughts and work, I will do a quick hike in my forest and come back like a new person. When I drive up here, I can actually feel my shoulders relax.

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