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| jimbob7 Member Since: 06 Jul 2013 Location: uk Posts: 2055  |
Wow,whats not to like, away from "civilisation" but would you sell your LR/soul to live like this??
I would (quickly) happily sell everything else tho,lol. Shops/civilisation within 25 miles which really isn't a lot with oil powered transport. http://cabinporn.com/ ....Lots of pages. Pov.spec,ftw. 2006, 110,TD5. |
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16th Oct 2015 1:06pm |
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| AndyS Member Since: 18 Aug 2012 Location: London Posts: 595  
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I spent a long time chatting to couple who lived Fox Glacier in NZ, they were running the B&B we were staying in. For me they were living in paradise, away from it all with wide open spaces but for them they weren't so bright about it. The closest main shopping town was Christchurch which is a five hour dive away, they had to run several big chest freezers and do one big shop once a month which meant they had to know what they were going to eat on any particular day a month in advance.
Living in the sticks like that (Fox Glacier has a population of about 400) means it's pretty much a frontier type town where everyone knows everyone else and it's self rule. Disagreements are settled in the pub in the old fashioned way and you had to be in with the big families in order get anything approved. It was very much a scratch-my-back system, no room for a black sheep. Your career prospects amounted to farming or something to do with the tourist trade or associated trades. So if you weren't a hotelier you'd have to be a chef, cleaner, run some sort of adventure sport, tour guides etc. All in all it made me realise I'm a townie. Here in SE London you get the feeling that with hard work you can be and do whatever you wanted to do. There's no restriction if your ambition and ability allow. I felt that moving to the sticks seriously cut back your options to the point of it not being workable for me. But at least I went and had a look! |
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16th Oct 2015 3:58pm |
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| K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610 
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Whilst in the military I spent a great deal of time in Labrador and Newfoundland. It was amazing searching out new rivers and lakes to fish, walking through forests with no roads or tracks to stumble across a beautiful cabin built in the middle of nowhere. Presumably used for holidays/weekends away or hunting perhaps?
The lifestyle whereupon something such as that could be used as a retreat is very appealing but to reside permanently in such isolation for me would be quite harsh I think? 25 miles can be quite a trek if the infrastructure such as roads or decent tracks are not there. Still a skidoo or other snowmobile mode of transport in Winter?........Great fun!  If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!
Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! |
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16th Oct 2015 4:30pm |
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| JAY BOY Member Since: 04 May 2010 Location: Not here Posts: 1706 
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I would love to live like this but the wife would want to come, so there no point.
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16th Oct 2015 6:48pm |
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| BuckBlu110 Member Since: 19 Apr 2014 Location: in the pub Posts: 714 
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16th Oct 2015 6:55pm |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471 
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A few years ago that lifestyle would have been very appealing and actually still is but I'm not getting any younger. Several health issues have made me only too aware of my own mortality and how helpful it is to have medical assistance available reasonably close by if required. Steve. Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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16th Oct 2015 8:17pm |
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| Triggerfinger Member Since: 18 Aug 2015 Location: landyrotty Posts: 129 
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Id have no problem putting up with the wife, if I ended up starving without food I would eat her
Suppose having a fat chick would be of some benefit |
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16th Oct 2015 9:31pm |
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| K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610
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^^Yes apparently they're harder to kidnap too!
 Click image to enlarge ...and you might get eaten by a Defender2.net forum member...... If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!! Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! |
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16th Oct 2015 9:40pm |
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| josefk Member Since: 09 Jun 2014 Location: lincolnshire Posts: 113 
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That link has just made my weekend feel very small
...must try harder! |
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17th Oct 2015 8:25am |
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| Fabio Member Since: 05 Aug 2011 Location: Somerset Posts: 589  
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I would love it
I watch now and again on The Discovery channel "Alaska the last frontier" And i would love to live like them... |
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17th Oct 2015 5:58pm |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8581
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Go and live on an Australian station then if you want distance from 'civilisation'! After leaving the public highway you can easily drive for a couple of hours before reaching the actual station buildings.
MOG has a serious point about medical assistance. Australian stations normally have an air strip for medical assistant acne. In winter time where we live, the council does not plough our roads when it snows. A local farmer clears a section of the road as his father lives close by to us and his father is not in the best of health. So access to medical facilities as well as access to essential supplies can become important, especially as one grows older. Brendan |
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17th Oct 2015 7:40pm |
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| JAY BOY Member Since: 04 May 2010 Location: Not here Posts: 1706
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Tis grim in Queensbury Brendan
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17th Oct 2015 7:50pm |
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| Mother superior Member Since: 05 Aug 2013 Location: Surrey Posts: 504
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It all sounds like a great idea and it's fine if you want to live like your lifestyle is like your hobby in some sort of way but me, I like to be able to pop to the shops for Landy bits, food ect not wait 14 months for the next care package to be air dropped. for me the best thing would be a hut somewhere remote where I could sod off to and get all bear grylls for a bit and then go home to the bright lights.
But heck if that's your thing, good luck to ya Oh woe, oh woe My crusty old landrover, It will not go. |
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18th Oct 2015 7:58am |
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| alby Member Since: 25 Dec 2014 Location: The Shire Posts: 159 
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I've just got back from spending a week in fort William exploring the highlands. That would be perfect for me up there, somewhere within 25 miles from decent shops and a dealership would be fine, don't think I'd want to be anywhere too remote though
I only commute to work twice a year anyway (for three months, with three months off) and my employer organises my travel to and from my front door so I can live pretty much where I like within reason, though for a variety of reasons it has to be in the UK. Maybe I'm weird but I've long wanted to live somewhere where I could jump in the defender and before setting off anywhere say 'I'll be back this evening love, provided the weather holds' Thinking about it, it's probably 20-25 miles to decent shopping opportunities, 15miles to mainline rail stations, DIY stores and Ten miles to a large supermarket from where I live now in Lincolnshire anyway. |
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18th Oct 2015 11:05am |
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