# Hidden Valley

Canonical: https://www.archivodelibros.es/paul-e-richardson/en/hidden-valley/9781408714409

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- Libro: [Hidden Valley](https://www.archivodelibros.es/paul-e-richardson/en/hidden-valley) ([Hidden Valley.md](https://www.archivodelibros.es/paul-e-richardson/en/hidden-valley.md))
- Autores: [Paul E. Richardson](https://www.archivodelibros.es/paul-e-richardson)
- Editorial: abacus
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-0871-440-9
- Publicación: 2023-01-05
- Idioma: en_GB
- Encuadernación: E-book

## Descripción

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.