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    Growing together

    Feb 10, 2022 5 minutes
    Photos: Sandra Angers-Blondin

    When we followed our hearts and realised our dreams, life didn’t end up how we thought it would. In 2016, we turned our backs on life in the busy south-east of England working as rangers for the National Trust, to head north to Scotland and search for some land to buy and live on. Looking back, some might think that was a brave or bold decision, but we never felt that at the time. Our yearning to live a life closer to nature was so strong, it overpowered the worries of what we were leaving behind: the monthly salary, the pension, the close bonds with nearby family and friends. The thought of a life where our own piece of land could provide us with everything we would need had become our obsession.

    Scotland was a natural choice, as my partner Sandra is half Scottish and I was happy

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