Living A simple green Life: A wee comment on my Independence film

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

Friday, 20 January 2012

A wee comment on my Independence film

Hey you two, much love :)

I am glad that you are wanting to be independent, as most of us English want you to be as well. And I mean Independent, no more pay outs from London to your purse. I hope you enjoy a quarter of the national debt to carry, and lets hope that the Shetland Isles do not go it alone with your Gas?. And will you take your chance with the Euro, as you will have to sign up as a separate Country again to the E.U?. Mr. Salmond thinks it will be ok...do you??

Your friend Stiglaa

Hi Stiglaa

To say i was taken a wee bit aback by this comment would be an understatement .

Firstly i don’t think it is friendly to call Scotland and her people a bunch of scroungers or a charity case , i would advice you to you check the facts , it has been shown that we as a nation are in fact paying more into the UK purse than we receive , please visit the link in the description for further info.

with regards Scotland taking on 1/4 of the UK debt after Independence what a ridiculous statement and totally unfair and you wonder why the SCOTS have had enough

Surely a fair way would be to take the debt and divide it by the number of people in the Uk or am i just a fat idiot or what eh.

with regards the oil and gas ( and by the way Scotland is far more than oil , just check oot wave power we lead the way and are exporting this tech to the world )

After Independence is achieved in Scotland the marine waters border around oor wee nation will be restored to the pre 1999 standard ( it was moved secretly and unjustly by the UK parliament ),

This film was uploaded in response to Cameron and the Tories party:s ignorance and arrogance , His statement to the people of the the Falkland isles only this week “ That they should have the right to decide their future “ angered many in Scotland and we know why he has taken this stand while trying to dictate to us.

the oil fields opening up around the islands would have nothing to with it of course not.

While i am on the subject of energy in Scotland a windfarm is installed it is penalized by paying a payment to go online , while in England the same windfarm is subsidised unfair ( this can be checked by going to the link in the description)

Also it is a fact that we are sending power to England along with water and also gas from Norway ( a country that does not use gas )

So before you insult us all as a nation , i think you should at least do us the courtesy of checking oot the facts and not just read the sun and listen the the EBBC

love and light

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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