The star ran into trouble while travelling for show, Dirty Rotten Survival.
The programme saw him, builder Johnny Littlefield and survival expert Dave Canterbury team up.
The trio were on a mission to reinvent the great American road trip and in each state they were given an outdoor challenge and a limited set of tools.
Dick Strawbridge with wife Angel at their chateau home (Image: CHANNEL 4)
Dick Strawbridge has worked on a long list of TV shows (Image: CHANNEL 4) You need money to keep a chateau going, so I did the Dirty Rotten Survival series for the National Geographic Channel in 2015, Dick stated.