Charis Watkinson News Today

Matthew and Charis Watkinson uprooted their lives in Essex in favour of a fresh start on a remote farm in Pembrokeshire countryside in 2016, but their new life is under threat

You don’t have to be a cog in the system.  For most of us, the only option that was presented while we were growing up was to get on the hamster wheel and run as fast as we could.  You know what I mean – go to school, get a job, pay a mortgage, prepare for retirement, etc.  But it doesn’t have to be that way.  If you truly want to unplug from the system and live your life off the grid, you can.  Of course it isn’t easy, but nothing in life really worth doing ever is.

Updated: Feb 5 2021, 7:25 ET NO bills, no mortgage, an endless supply of homegrown grub and even a hot tub to relax in - welcome to the world of two Brits prepared for the end. Essex vets Matthew and Charis Watkinson gave up the rat race for the good life in the Welsh countryside after reading about collapsology, a movement based around the theory that society as we know it could fall apart. 15 15 Vets Matthew and Charis Watkinson gave up their jobs and moved to Wales for a self-sufficient life...