From Hurt to Hope by Mair Elliott

Author:Mair Elliott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2021-12-21T00:00:00+00:00

Running away again

I went to New Zealand for six months and spent most of the time camping out in the bush, sleeping in my car, completely alone, only venturing near a town if I needed food.

When I got back I still wasn’t sure what to do and went on the dole again for six months but got to the point where going to sign on was causing really severe anxiety and distress and I simply had to think of another way to live. In the meantime, someone had bought the derelict cottage next to mine and was doing it up, so there was no peace there.

The only place I had had any peace was the New Zealand bush, so off I went back there again for three months. I realized that that was what I needed – no house and to be in nature. It was while I was sitting in a forest by Lake Hawea that I decided that when I got home, I would sell my house, buy a campervan and live in that. I reckoned that my house should be worth enough that I would be able to live on the interest of the money, therefore not needing a job or benefits, as long as I only wanted vital necessities.

I came back to the UK and briefly drove around and lived in a campervan.

While driving around I had noticed signs at the side of the road saying ‘Woodland for sale’ and I decided to investigate the possibility of buying a plot. Eventually I found one that matched all my criteria.

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