Dear Beca and family,

I have only just joined Ecomotive having found out about it via "The Land" magazine and going on permaculture and low impact smallholding courses.

I have been looking for a house + garden to buy in various parts of South Wales for some months now and am struggling to find ssomething somewhere with soul - with the money I have.

But I have certainly got very fond of South Wales, its towns, cities and villages and ins and outs! You see a lot of life from a campervan.

I am a single person wanting a basic house to make as self-sufficient/off-grid and low-impact as practicable and enough land/garden to grow food, maybe rear animals, make things, store wood.... I would be interested in self-build with a group.

I am no horticultural or building expert - far from it.

I am 62, am living in my campervan, and have two daughters 30 and 35, one in Scotland and one in Australia.

Anyway - I hope you are having success with your ideas and aspirations - just thought I'd use this forum to let you know I exist! and that I was impressed with your messages.

Yours and best wishes,

John Russell