Former S Club 7 star Hannah Spearritt has recently delighted her Instagram followers with posts from her picturesque brand-new tropical home in Costa Rica, where she and her partner Adam Thomas are determined to 'live off the land'.
Hannah, 44, changed her bio to: 'Prepper, survivalist and developer now living the uninhibited jungle life.'
But as these special pictures show, even an eco-warrior requires the occasional visit to the grocery store in their gas-guzzling 4x4.
Last week, Adam, 45, filled up the couple's 3.0 litre diesel Hi Lux pick-up with the weekly store at the huge BM supermarket in Dominical, about half an hour down the mountain from where the couple and their 2 young children have based themselves.
Hannah and Adam's hillside estate with its own waterfalls and sensational views of lavish green valleys is a far cry from their life in Britain, which they waved farewell to in January.
Hannah announced to her 348k Instagram followers that the couple now prepare to 'discover permaculture' so they can 'live off the land' growing fruit and veggies.
But residents and other expats in the hills above Dominical on Costa Rica's Pacific coast, informed MailOnline that the obstacles of self-sufficiency can be 'immense'.
'Naturally it depends upon numerous factors such as how much dough you have, just how much land and above all, just how much experience,' stated an American member of the regional ex-pat Facebook group, Domi Crew.
Hannah Spearritt (left) of S Club 7 popularity and her partner Adam Thomas (best) quit the UK in January for a brand-new and unique life Costa Rica where they are obviously living off the land
Despite Hannah altering her Instagram bio to: 'Prepper, survivalist and developer now living the uninhibited jungle life', Adam was seen this week stockpiling on the weekly store at B&M
Adam was seen carrying a McDonald's soda cup as he left the household's gas-guzzling 4x4 truck. B&M supermarket sells a variety of items including soft drinks, confectionery, and alcohol, in addition to toiletries and cleansing items and garden furnishings
Hannah has actually been posting about her idyllic life in Costa Rica - and included this picture of herself on the terrace of their apartment neglecting tropical jungle
Hannah has actually given a peek at her brand-new life in Costa Rica living as a 'prepper and survivalist'
'It can be done, naturally, however there are a lot of individuals who've tried and undervalued how tough it is, then been required to try to find some other kind of paid work rather to get by.'
If that ought to occur to Hannah and Adam, there would be lots of chances in the growing tourist and surfing resort of Dominical, ought to the couple decide to work.
The town is less than half an hour's drive down the mountain in their big gas-guzzling 3.0 litre diesel Toyota Hi Lux pick-up which Hannah displayed on Instagram just recently.
There is a wide variety of high-end hotels, yoga retreats, craft breweries, high-end restaurants, health food stores, quickly food dining establishments and a big BM supermarket, where the couple have actually both been seen.
Though some Instagram fans have actually presumed the couple's wood house with glorious views of the sunrise from the balcony would be 'off grid', it likely is not.
More than 99 per cent of the numerous villas and farms dotted in the forest are on mains electriicty and most boast air conditioning and high-speed internet too, delivered either by fiber optic cable television or satellite.
Judging by images published by Adam on Facebook in their airy kitchen with a high vaulted ceiling, the household won't lack any mod cons in the home.
At the grocery store today, MailOnline found Adam packing a trolley high with items including bathroom paper and bread to take home. Before heading back to their apartment, he emptied the truck of some rubbish consisting of a soft beverage cup from McDonald's.
One property representative in Dominical told MailOnline: 'There is an extremely healthy residential or commercial property market around here and it's driven by immigrants. A number of them are digital nomads running their company from here since it's stunning, with the jungle, the beaches and the lifestyle.
'But actually earning a living from the land is a hard task, unless you have substantial resources and know-how, or have enough residential or commercial property to lease it out to paying visitors.'
Hannah posted this video of a campfire and a Volkswagen camper van as part of the household's new beginnings after stopping the UK for the warmer climes of main America
However, the reality is that Hannah and Adam are utilizing this ecologically hostile 3.0 litre diesel Hi Lux pick-up truck to do the daily chores like popping to the supermarket
Hannah relocated to Costa Rica after a series of well-publicised setbacks including the death of her ex-boyfriend and band member Paul Cattermole and the row over her giving up S Club 7
It's not how much capital Hannah and Adam have in between them, however their strategies to open a holistic food store in Twickenham had actually to be shelved in 2015, supposedly due to the fact that of spiralling costs.
The industrial residential or commercial property in the heart of Twickenham village, purchased in Hannah's name in November 2018 for ₤ 520,000 with a mortgage, was offered in March, having actually been on the marketplace for ₤ 900,000.
Adam announced the couple's move to Central America back in January with a foul-mouthed attack on Britain, stating 'F *** the UK and f *** the f *** ing great deal of them. We GOOONE!!!'.
His intemperate Facebook post was accompanied by a sweet photo of his two children, Taya, five and four-year-old Tora, in a hammock at their spectacular rain forest house.
But the bitter tone of his invective versus political leaders of all colors, and 'nosey jobsworth c *** s in every federal government department and the NHS' raised another question.
Could an awful occurrence which saw the couple clash with cops and social workers three years ago over an injury to their child daughter have been a consider their choice to give up Britain?
The relocation to Costa Rica gave an end a well-publicised nightmare few years for Hannah, that included the death of her ex-boyfriend and band member Paul Cattermole in 2023, her awkward departure from S Club 7, a disastrous breast implant surgical treatment resulting in years of illness and a spell in rehab to wean her off effective pain reliever.
But less popular is one of the darkest chapters in her 2023 autobiography, Facing the Music, billed as a 'searingly honest memoir', worrying a clash between the couple and social services.
In December 2022, while house-sitting for pals in Virginia Water, Surrey, press reports branded the couple 'homeless' while they were in between rental flats.
When then toddler Tora suffered an injury, believed to be brought on by a dog jumping up and scratching her eyelid, Hannah wrote: 'We discovered ourselves on the radar of social services, an absolutely absurd circumstance to be in, completely unjustified.'
She recalled the dreadful event when she ran towards the sound of Tora's screams: 'The scene that I came upon in the living space will stay with me forever. Tora was standing on the sofa, eyelids horrifically lacerated and the worst facial injury I have actually ever seen.'
At the health center, she wrote: 'One of the nurses was available in, and asked Adam if she could have a word with him outside. What I didn't know was that as quickly as he left the space, the authorities were waiting for him and arrested him, taking him off in handcuffs.
'What was currently an awful scenario had actually ramped up to something indescribable'.
When the family landed in Costa Rica Hannah's partner Adam published this image on his public Facebook page of their two daughters and included an expletive-laden rant at the UK
Adam - imagined in the couple's large Costa Rica apartment - ranted about Keir Starmer, the Tories, Reform and the NHS as he bid farewell to Britain
But after the bitterness of quitting the UK, the household's dreams of a brand-new live have come to life as they take pleasure in morning waterfall walks and an outdoor play area as part of their lives
Hannah claimed that media reports about their temporary homelessness had actually in some way encouraged the authorities that it was likely that a person or other of them had actually inflicted their child's injuries.
She said: 'It's genuinely frightening to think that somebody with absolutely no evidence can paint an image like that which influences somebody being detained and secured while their daughter depends on a healthcare facility bed, awaiting major surgery.'
She added: 'It felt like persecution, among those police mentions that individuals speak about.
'Honestly, I don't believe I can ever forgive individuals accountable, although we've made every effort to forget it, and them, as rapidly as possible.'
Nevertheless, while the social services conducted their examination, she said, the household had to reside in lodging where other accountable adults were present.
She included: 'This was including insult to serious injury and bearing in mind my gradual decline in health normally, I was really starting to anguish.'
It wasn't the first time Adam Thomas had been investigated for supposed violence. In 2016, he was charged with attacking Hannah in a domestic argument, and daunting a witness.
But when the case pertained to trial, it collapsed, and he was discovered not guilty of typical assault and witness intimidation during a hearing at Kingston Crown Court. The court heard that 3 prosecution witnesses were not offered which the case could not continue.
Adam Thomas was found not guilty and released.
Hannah and Adam are thought to have picked Costa Rica to settle after delighting in a trip to the spectacular area in 2018.
Hannah has actually consistently required to Instagram to wax lyrical about how well the relocation has actually ended up for them and marvelled at the charm of Costa Rica
The visit originally motivated them to establish the coffee shop, Fire and Earth, in Twickenham in 2022. However, it was never ready to open fully and they sold up earlier this year.
A source stated: 'It's the most recent in a series of problems. The brand-new plan is selling up and relocating to Costa Rica to live off the land.'
Meanwhile Hannah, who has actually experienced an autoimmune condition because 2013, had actually been set to join her previous band on their comeback tour in 2023 however took out following a feud over agreements.
Following the row, the other members - Rachel Stevens, Jo O'Meara, Jon Lee, Bradley McIntosh and Tina Barrett - revealed that they would continue as a five-piece.
Along with living off the land, there is a wide of luxury hotels, yoga retreats, craft breweries, high-end restaurants, health food shops, fast food dining establishments offered to Hannah and Adam
All the mod cons are available to the family with 99 per cent of the many rental properties and farms dotted in the forest are on mains electricity and most boast air conditioning and high-speed internet
Hannah was stated to have been blindsided by the S Club statement, with her being left on bad terms with the band in which she increased to popularity in the early 2000s.
She then reportedly drafted in legal representatives and made the vibrant relocation to launch her autobiography on the same day the band would have taken to the phase.
Before Paul's death, all seven members of the chart-topping band at first confirmed they were reuniting for a landmark 25th anniversary tour.
Hannah initially declined to sign up with the line-up, mentioning a lack of child care and only accepted join when music supervisor Simon Fuller offered to pay for baby-sitters to come along.
Two months later, band member Paul passed away, and Hannah then accepted a five-figure amount to inform her story, which left a bitter taste in the remaining band member's mouths.
The Dancing On Ice star apologised to S Club's fans for deciding to leave however said she had to do what was finest for herself and her family.
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The Truth behind Hannah Spearritt's 'off-grid' Life In Costa Rica
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