Living out of the "grid".

[thebovinemoos]

Hi folks,

First post, please don't be nasty! I've lurked on the forums for a a year or so :-).

I think it would be nice to live "out of the grid" so to speak. For a while.

I have some training with regards to outdoors life.

Where, in the UK would you suggest would be a good place to hang out, in the wild?

I know it won't be easy, but I'd like to take some time out to explore myself.

Apologies if I posted this in the wrong forum :(.

Cheers,
--Bovine.

[white horse]

Hi folks,

First post, please don't be nasty! I've lurked on the forums for a a year or so :-).

I think it would be nice to live "out of the grid" so to speak. For a while.

I have some training with regards to outdoors life.

Where, in the UK would you suggest would be a good place to hang out, in the wild?

I know it won't be easy, but I'd like to take some time out to explore myself.

Apologies if I posted this in the wrong forum :(.

Cheers,
--Bovine.

(Not from personal experience) but the obvious places to think about would be on the periphery... Scotland, Ireland, Wales.

SWcotland very rugged, lots of big stretches of wilderness; Scotland may be a bit harsh tho...
Wales; North Wales has some nice places, not big but quite out of the way. Still close to England in many ways.
Ireland, definately the wildest.

I have a feeling you could pretty much disappear in Ireland if you wanted to.

O and welcome to DI btw!

[free_at_last]

Hi folks,

First post, please don't be nasty! I've lurked on the forums for a a year or so :-).

I think it would be nice to live "out of the grid" so to speak. For a while.

I have some training with regards to outdoors life.

Where, in the UK would you suggest would be a good place to hang out, in the wild?

I know it won't be easy, but I'd like to take some time out to explore myself.

Apologies if I posted this in the wrong forum :(.

Cheers,
--Bovine.



The Gypsies have it made, maybe they will be one of the groups to surpass what is coming.


Maybe we should take a leaf out of their book :)

On a serious note, you could get a large group of people together to buy a parcel of land and set up a sustainable community, that grows it's own, is energy independent and has no need to approach the government for any reason what so ever, and don't register your children, home school them.

[thebovinemoos]

(Not from personal experience) but the obvious places to think about would be on the periphery... Scotland, Ireland, Wales.

SWcotland very rugged, lots of big stretches of wilderness; Scotland may be a bit harsh tho...
Wales; North Wales has some nice places, not big but quite out of the way. Still close to England in many ways.
Ireland, definately the wildest.

I have a feeling you could pretty much disappear in Ireland if you wanted to.

O and welcome to DI btw!

Hi,

Thanks for your response. I was thinking Scotland as well. Gets a bit cold in the winter though!

Hadn't though of Wales however, I will look into it!

Ireland might be difficult, I don't have a passport. Unless I grap a boat, if you see what I mean :p

[tom bombadil]

Hullo thebovinemoos, and welcome to de middle of de film! :)

Some pointers for you to think over.

You might concider anywhere off the beaten track. You would be suprised in how many of those small out of the way places there are all over the country. Dont neglect Devon and Cornwal, Somerset, Wiltshire. Get away from the main towns and BINGO! The thing about getting away from it all is that we all seem to think of the major 'ports' like national parks or the seaside ect, and we tend to forget the long bits in between. You can lose yourself anywhere from your doorstep to a final destination. Like Bilbo says "frodo my lad, watch where you put your foot when stepping outside your door. You dont know just where that road will take you". I dunno where that came from, but it is true :D

Where do you live? (dont tell us!) can you walk or cycle for a few miles and see what is around before you go too far?

Did you know that you could live off of the grid at home? To a point.
Just turn off the gas and leccy and see if you can get on for a bit. Try and build a shelter with plastic and sticks in the park (or better is parkland) and take it home and try it for real!

But that is by-the-by. Take a freind with you and you will both feel safer. Dont take emergancy funds as you might wouse-out :rolleyes: Take a camera to show your mates (us).

You need to see this page... http://www.davidicke.com/forum/ scroll down to this page....Survival / Local Economies / Communities and this is where you should be.


Keep posting. Nelly.

[whitenight639]

Hi,

Thanks for your response. I was thinking Scotland as well. Gets a bit cold in the winter though!

Hadn't though of Wales however, I will look into it!

Ireland might be difficult, I don't have a passport. Unless I grap a boat, if you see what I mean :p

there are a few communities that live off grid theres one in wales and one in england if i recall i'll try find a link it will interest you.

welcome to the forum :)

[whitenight639]

http://www.ecohouseagent.com/eco-straw-house-pembrokeshire.html

[bones]

Hi,

Thanks for your response. I was thinking Scotland as well. Gets a bit cold in the winter though!

Hadn't though of Wales however, I will look into it!

Ireland might be difficult, I don't have a passport. Unless I grap a boat, if you see what I mean :p


i went to ireland 2 yrs back with no passport... driving licence will do///

[mystic nomad]

I'm off grid and 40 miles North of Londinium. I think one of the most overlooked places to get away from it all in this country is the massive amount of dis-used railways. If you get off the beaten track you should have no bother. Also Thetford forest in Suffolk, Savernake forest in Wiltshire, Ashdown forest in Suffolk. The key is to be in a place and living so as not to cause complaint. As soon as a complaint is lodged you can pretty much start looking for somewhere else.
Good luck!

[Ian2day]

How to get hot water and grow veg if you live off grid in a flat with no garden or access to an allotment. Its taken me years to get this place. Only to try to now live a different way is a massive headache. I think that you have to be loaded to be living off grid. Its a middle class pursuit for sure.

[johnconnor]

Thetford Forest, (in Norfolk if you don't mind!!!) would be a good place to drop off the grid. Flat, fairly dry and warmer than up North. Surrounded by farmland and rich with pheasants and deer. As I remember, Thetford Forest was mainly coniferous so there will be less to eat than in a good old-fashioned Oak woodland. The only problem I can think of is that you will be surrounded by the military. You have RAF Honington and Barnham next to you, they regularly go into the forest for training. And you have Bentwaters, Lakenheath and Mildenhall a rapier missiles flight away!! Oh and Thetford Forest is a dogging site- be careful where you sleep!!;)

[sindakit]

As I remember, Thetford Forest was mainly coniferous so there will be less to eat than in a good old-fashioned Oak woodland. The only problem I can think of is that you will be surrounded by the military. You have RAF Honington and Barnham next to you, they regularly go into the forest for training. And you have Bentwaters, Lakenheath and Mildenhall a rapier missiles flight away!! Oh and Thetford Forest is a dogging site- be careful where you sleep!!

so Thetford not too good then :P hehe

I thought about living off the grid but it would be a drastic change of lifestyle. I'd suggest finding a remote spot close to where friends and family still live. (For obvious reasons)
Visit your spot a few times before moving out there completely and get to know the surroundings and food sources i.e. wild shrubs with berries, edible flowers, fungi, water source etc and plan out where you'll build veg plots, shelters. You could even do all this before actually cutting all ties with your currrent life so you can get a feel for the lifestyle you'd be stepping into.

[miked]

Hi people

I have just come back from the west coast of Scotland where I have been scouting for land with friends. There seems to be a few people who have just 'landed' and made a home here and there. It is not an easy life in the highlands but I feel at home in the mountains! We will not be looking to claim land merely exercise our rights to use it!

I wish you all find peace and the freedom of mind to be able to live your lives the way you want.

Mike

[abigail]

Better for you in the south west of England, there is much fresh produce on trees and bushes and loads:) of wild foods that will satisfy your nutrition at least until October. Go for it. You could even build a little hut and go unnoticed.
Love
Abigail

P>S Very best of good luck