Living A simple green Life: Broadband Satellite System Beyondsl

Welcome

Welcome to my wee blog.My name is Andy ( The Dafthermit ) . For the last 20 odd years i have ben trying to get back to a simpler way of life and finally in my old bus up here in the Scottish mountains i am finally getting there. My time now is spent taking pictures of the highlands ,making films to show the world the beauty all around and writing something that has surprised me having had a few of my stories published , Having picked up a camera and laptop in 2008 i have really enjoyeed the journey the camera has taken me on again having had a couple of pictures in national magazines, last year three of ,my films where shown at the Loch Ness film festival. anyway i hope you enjoy your visit to my wee blog

love and light

Andy

Tuesday, 13 July 2010

Broadband Satellite System Beyondsl

OUR WEE home

As many of you know i live with Mel well away from the grid etc aboard our old bus ,two years ago i took the plunge and dived into the world of hi tec ,buying a laptop and camera well for the first year or so i was using Dial-up and was satisfied with this ,but as my journey with my photography and eventually my start at making small films from here in the Scottish highlands wee films showing our green simple life and showing off the treasure that is the Scottish Highlands .
I started to find the limit to dial up, i had heard of Satellite systems but to be honest i was worried about the cost and how complicated the whole thing would be to set up and run especially as we tend to move a fair bit.
Well after much hunting around the net i finally came across BEYONDSL and i can not recommend them highly enough from buying the system to getting it up an running they have helped all the way even when my modem packed up ,a new replacement was dispatched no cost and i was quickly up and running again..
So i urge you that if you are thinking of getting a satellite system then visit Beyondsl because if even i can install and run it ,it must be easy.

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Our Standard Kit (£299.99):

79cm Dish + unique fine-adjust Az/El mount
Interactive LNB - “iLNB” - to send & receive
Unique “Point & Play” audio alignment meter
ASTRA2Connect Satmodem by Newtec
30m Twin Digital Coax Cable
Ethernet Crossover Cable

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A wee film about us on STVs the HOUR SHOW click on STV logo to see the film

Andy the Daft Hermit lives 45 minutes outside Inverness with his wife Mel in an old bus parked in a layby. This current home of theirs is the longest they have ever stayed in one spot. “I’ve been travelling now 25 years,” said Andy Lowe. “Mel’s been travelling 15. One of the reasons we’ve come and stayed up here is because of Mel’s health. I wanted to bring her to the mountains for fresh air and clean water and just a slower pace of life.” Mel has had breast cancer twice, skin cancer once, and for three years believed she had bone cancer after being wrongly diagnosed. Andy’s belief in the restorative powers of the north made them pack up ‘The Black Bus’ that they live in and cross the border into Scotland. New Highland home for hermit couple Andy and Mel “I think we both believe in trying to get to a more simple way of life,” said Andy, “but it’s strange for us because we are sort of hermits, or we like to live separate, but it’s not being anti-social… it’s just the way we are that allows us to be creative.” Andy first began travelling when he left the army. Fed up with bureaucracy he packed a rucksack and left for France and has been travelling ever since. By investing any money the couple have earned into solar panels and wind generators they now live a self-sustaining existence, without electric bills, and collect rain water “straight from Heaven”. “It’s not easy,” said Mel. “There might be time when there might not be enough facilities around, but you always find a way, you know?” Rather than rejecting technology, Andy blogs about his travels online and collaborates with artists from around the world via his ‘Scratchy Heid Film Studio’, which he runs from a static trailer next to the couple’s bus. He explained his philosophy: “My belief is that if you can go through life and you drop dead and you’ve got a balance there that slightly outweighs the good than the bad, you’ve done alright. “Yesterday, with what Mel’s been through with the cancer and all that, I had a woman on one of my sites there that thanked me for the writing, for the positive things, and to me that’s worth everything. You can keep your millions, we’re not interested. That is what we do.” To check out Andy’s artwork and video projects check out his website. MORE FROM THE NORTH