Hello friends,
We have been telling quite a few of you about this blog over the past few weeks and here we are finally putting up our first post.
Countdown to lift off…
So having quit our jobs (deep relief), sold the flat (much sadness [for Rosie!]), said too many drunken goodbyes (rotten hangovers) and bought lots of practical outdoor gear we are now ready to set off on our 8 month eco living trip.
Our journey will take us around the UK and Scandinavia where we will be working on lots of organic farms and visiting a number of eco-communities. We’ve chosen these regions so that we learn about relevant crops and animals (i.e. things we’ll grow and rear in the future) and because Scandinavia has got some great community living and housing cooperative models.
The three main reasons we’re doing this trip are:
1. To learn lots of useful skills to do with farming and building/running our own place in the country – i.e. learning how to be more self sufficient
2. To find somewhere we want to settle down after the trip
3. To discover whether we still like each other when we are living in caravans and smelling of cow poo!
The kinds of things we are going to learn include looking after animals, building polytunnels, bee keeping, cheesemaking, straw bale building, butchery, woodland management…to name but a few…
We will aim to write a post after each place we visit, giving you an update on each of these things, plus funny stories, daft movies and lots of photos to document our slow but inevitable transformation into Tom and Barbara Good.
Keeping up with our shenanigans...
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