I think if you're actually trying to achieve something you need a more authorative leadership structure. If you're just "existing" and trying to...
No personal experience but it seems obvious that the most successfull squatter is the hidden squatter.
I've posted a long list of links twice now about yurts... one of the first is of the traditional Mongolian Ger type and there is a stunning photo...
I have aquired an old 1914 American book talking about "shacks and shanties". In it it talks about how the inferior dwellings of the dirty red...
Our western governments talk about freedom but I feel anything but free, and feel the world around me is shrinking very quickly and forcing us all...
You just need the minimum accommodation sorted out first... all the other stuff can come later. Cold storage could be as simple as a lean-to onto...
For me, being near a good clean river is most important. Fetching water by hand is a pain, but the biggest reason is to take advantage of it as...
I presume you mean Earth bag? I had glossed over it previously thinking it was yet another permutation of rammed earth, but I like the idea of...
Just came back from wondering about on some of the hills. It's a beautiful sunny day with hardly a cloud in the sky, excellent visibility for...
Hope you enjoyed the snow... ;)
Apparantly 4 of the first 7 American presidents had Welsh ancestory.
I always imagine it's daylight. And the other thing is, when I'm out on some moor I *never* *ever* see anybody else, at least off the tracks...
There were two more which you posted! Dubh = Du = Black Linn = Llyn = Lake There is a similar situation in Wales with English place names...
The user "irish_hippy" was looking into building a yurt. He was quite enthusiastic about it and was in the hipforums links I posted earlier. I...
It's "Iwerddon", and Dublin is "Dulyn". I was reading a book about high mountains in Britain and Ireland last night and I note that the names for...
for many, a yurt is a dream home! when you look round at those sites you realise they do not necessarily have to be temporary
Developed over hundreds of years, they can handle high winds and are fine when the temperature is several degrees below freezing. I can't believe...
I agree with all of that. :)
Alas no - but from what I've read about rammed earth it's not that great... the idea of it being cool in the summer and warm in the winter seems...
Surely a very green form of dwelling construction - building with Earth! Most of the material is soil, and you just use a small amount of cement...
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