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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Joe Pagnelli

A homemade yurt and twittering wildlife: How going ‘off-grid’ can protect against the cost of living crisis

A Star Trek fan who started living as a nomad in a homemade yurt in 2015 when she faced debts of £10K is now “happier then ever” and finely attuned to an off-grid lifestyle that she claims will provide perfect protection against the current cost of living crisis.

When mother-of-three Briar Miller, 55, left her £400-a-month two-bed rented flat seven years ago, after her last child had left home, she was keen to live amongst nature but was also struggling financially, with massive credit card debts.

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