October 2008
9 posts
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The Lady from DEFRA
Well, that was a lot easier than I expected.
It turns out that Silverfish knows some people who know some people. Once I’d explained Haven to him, he got me in touch with some of his superiors at the MoD. It seems they’ve been thinking about this sort of thing for a while, but from a military perspective - apparently the boys with guns don’t like the idea of an enemy they...
Haven Needs You!
Ok, so, I guess we need to decide who we need.
Haven has to be fully self-sustaining, like a kibbutz for the catastrophe era, so the community needs members who can get the place running and keep it running.
On the food side, while everyone will be involved in the day to day growing (that’s part of the package - if you want to be part of Haven, you have to be willing to get dirty: weeding,...
This green and pleasant land
To quote a certain Hobbit, well, I’m back.
I decided not to log in while I was visiting the Haven site, because there was too much risk some troublemaker might zero my signal and spoil everything. Better safe than sorry.
And yes, I did just refer to it as the Haven site.
It’s perfect. A little tricky to get to, but that’s sort of the point - we’ll need to set up a...
A Little Trip
Well, that’s sorted, then.
I’m taking a little trip. I told the Mongoose I’d look into the posible location, and I’ve got no more work this week that I can’t do on the move (how the hell did we live before laptops?), so I’m off for a few days.
I’ve got tickets. I’m taking the bullet up as far as I can and then I’ll have to organise a boat....
Safe Haven
Guess what I did at the weekend? That’s right, I talked to the Mongoose. Lots.
We sat up for hours discussing things.
Discussing what it would really be like to set up a new home somewhere away from here. Secluded. Making our own power, growing our own food. A little haven of quietude.
We even talked about building a library there. So if the worst of GEAS’s predictions come true and...
Idle Thoughts
I talked with the Mongoose lots at the weekend. We were have idle thoughts that were almost turning into the seeds of a plan. It’s a sort of extreme plan, but a very appealing one.
A haven.
The whole world starts to fall apart, but we build ourselves a nice little haven with self-sufficient living, clean energy and no reliance on the outside. A little idyll to call home.
I even started...