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Hi Yurty, I hope evreything got sorted out for you in the end. I went and stayed in a Yurt for a few days in May just gone. Speaking to the owner I realised that the yurt could not ne lived in all year round and the canvas would soon rot in our damp all year round weather conditions. He lives in a f...

Hi folks sorry for the delay in replying to anyone but I have been off work ill for a few months, hopefully fully recovered by the end of the year. Anyway the credit crunch stopped me selling my house, my illness stopped me from travelling until next year at the earliest. I have not and will not giv...

Hi again, at the moment I live in suburbia on the Wirral nice place but not what I want. I would hope to be able to survive on around 50 euros/pounds a week. I base this on the UK pension provision. One day I will only have a a government pension to exist on. That is circa 85 pounds per week so the ...

Ok folks, merely an update on the situation so far. I did buy the bike and was ready to leave at the end of march 09, however 3 buyers have pulled out of house deals because the mortgage offeres they received were rescinded. The credit crunch has scuppered all attempts at selling my house for the ti...

Is there any way any one would consider this abroad? Think about it, more sunshine for solar power, better weather so less need for insulation and heating, less rates, council tax, water rates, in short less beauracry to deal with and cheaper in general. I am going to spend three months touring Euro...

I expect it will be somewhere in Europe but I have no idea what part. I intend to leave Dover some time in late March or early April next year and land in Calais with my motobike and spend 3 months travelling and looking at eco villages and land for sale through southern europe. Factors to be taken ...

Hi folks I joined a few weeks and have been reading the forums extensively. Some time next year I am hoping to leave the UK buy a couple or more acres of land and go completely off grid. This will mean reed bed filters for black and grey water, rocket stoves and bread ovens for cooking, bore holes f...

Hi Folks just wanted to say hello. I am looking to go entirely off grid at some point within the next 12 months and probably not the in UK but somewhere in Europe. I look forward to reading as many posts as possible and hopefully picking up a lot of tips about where to start