on being hippy happy

We are moving to rural Lincolnshire next month... and on our NEW BLOG we cite our reasons for doing so: peak oil and climate change. But I didn't explain it well enough because I've left out the whole happiness factor.

Getting "back to the land" has intrinsic value. Being a part of the cycles, having the weather as part of your daily plan, hearing the wind from the caravan or yurt in a different way than you would experience it in a house... Ditto for the rain.

Not being tempted by shops and cafes and pubs. Really having to want to go somewhere in order to get there.

Freedom and space to ride my bicycle. The sea just two miles away.

Knowing precisely the origin of my food. Even the chicken.

Taking advantage of daylight. The seasons right under me, around me, through me.