Archives for "March, 2010"

Posted by Ben on 27th March 2010
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Recycled House, Recycled Food, Really Nice People

Brian and Karen Gubb are downright lovely people. One day Brian decided that he would build a house out of recycled tyres and earth so he did a bit of research and found the concept already existed and was called an Earthship – pioneered by Mike Reynolds in New Mexico back in the 70s. Six [...]

Posted by Zoe on 25th March 2010
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Our First Farm Stay

I found a cave on the farm which had a solar powered lantern and it was protected from the wind and rain. You had to climb a ladder to get into it. There was a cool game we played with letters that you turned over and then you had to find words. I was scared [...]

Posted by Ben on 16th March 2010
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Packed, mostly.

What we don’t have now… I guess it is more interesting what we do have. Sarah just checked her packing and discovered some sneaky little extras that had snuck in. The most notable would have to be the “Samsung Washing Machine – user manual”. Mind you, I’m not going to start hassling her, my bag [...]

Posted by Ben on 15th March 2010
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Stay tuned…

We’re nearly off… so stay tuned as our big adventure begins!