The story of the real 'good life' of an off-grid existence in rural
Spain Paul Richardson fled the city to live on the land in a
rough-and-tumble village on the edge of Europe. Immersing himself
in the culture of his remote Spanish community, he learned the
traditional arts of animal husbandry and vegetable growing,
wine-making and home distilling, and made bread from the rye he
sowed on the stone-walled terraces of his twelve-acre farm. In
prose that shimmers with wit and sensuality, the author charts his
personal route-map along a road less travelled - from urban
pressures to rural tranquility, and from insecurity to fulfilment.
Along the way he pays tribute to the influences that have shaped
his progress - from The Good Life to Henry David Thoreau, from the
1970s pioneers to self-sufficiency to his farming neighbours in the
far-flung region of Extremadura. In Richardson's hands, off-grid
living both becomes an act of rebellion and a heartening proof that
a simpler, better life is possible, if only we can remove ourselves
from the ethos in which conspicuous consumption is a duty and
success/failure the wheel on which society turns. Hidden Valley is
a glorious narrative of one man's journey towards self-reliance.
Original and thought-provoking, it is also hugely entertaining.
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