A group of three men have taken to the ways of Robin Hood. The trio have embarked on extended walkabouts across the UK in the last three years. They carry no money, no cell phones and rely on nature, their wits and the kindness of strangers to survive. The group also follows in the footsteps of the troubadours, singing for and contributing to communities where they stay. It’s a lifestyle that’s not for everyone, but the experiment has produced some interesting findings for the group.
Treehugger reports:
Why? and what have they learned? It started out as long hike, to see if it would be possible to leave home without any money or mobile phones and make it across the country by foot. Now it has developed into a kind of environmental mission. They have learned about survivalism and herbalism and finding edible plants. They have learned all of the basic life skills of living with nature that people have forgotten. And they have experienced wonderful responses from people along the way; some have taken them in, fed them meals and enjoyed their music.
…”People ask us why we’re doing this, and we don’t really have an answer. Are we trying to save the world, or become famous, or pretend to be Robin Hood? We don’t know. But there’s one thing that we’ve learned about this life that we’d like to share: it’s much easier than you think.”
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