For some, getting away to the countryside or coast and escaping from the daily grind is something for a staycation or a day trip.
However, there are others who want a permanent escape from the rat race, setting up homes in remote locations across the UK to get away from the pressures of modern life.
And one Northumberland couple who have given up their previous lives to get off-grid have opened up their home to Ben Fogle for the 16th series of New Lives in the Wild on Channel 5.
