Former S Club 7 star Hannah Spearritt has recently delighted her Instagram fans 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 creator now living the uninhibited jungle life.'
But as these special pictures reveal, even an eco-warrior needs the periodic see to the supermarket 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 shop at the big BM supermarket in Dominical, about half an hour down the mountain from where the couple and their two young children have based themselves.
Hannah and Adam's hillside estate with its own waterfalls and spectacular views of lavish green valleys is a far cry from their life in Britain, which they waved goodbye to in January.
Hannah revealed to her 348k Instagram followers that the couple now prepare to 'discover permaculture' so they can 'live off the land' growing fruit and vegetables.
But locals and other expats in the hills above Dominical on Costa Rica's Pacific coast, told MailOnline that the obstacles of self-sufficiency can be 'enormous'.
'Of course it depends upon a number of factors such as how much dough you have, how much land and above all, how much experience,' said 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) gave up the UK in January for a brand-new and exotic life Costa Rica where they are obviously living off the land
Despite Hannah changing her Instagram bio to: 'Prepper, survivalist and creator now living the uninhibited jungle life', Adam was seen today equipping up on the weekly shop at B&M
Adam was seen carrying a McDonald's soft beverage cup as he left the household's gas-guzzling 4x4 truck. B&M supermarket offers a series of items consisting of soft drinks, confectionery, and alcohol, along with toiletries and cleaning products and garden furnishings
Hannah has actually been posting about her idyllic life in Costa Rica - and included this photo of herself on the balcony of their house neglecting tropical jungle
Hannah has actually provided a glance at her brand-new life in Costa Rica living as a 'prepper and survivalist'
'It can be done, of course, but there are a great deal of people who have actually attempted and ignored how difficult it is, then been forced to search for some other kind of paid work instead to manage.'
If that must happen to Hannah and Adam, there would be a lot of opportunities in the growing tourist and surfing resort of Dominical, ought to the couple choose 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 flaunted on Instagram recently.
There is a large range of luxury hotels, yoga retreats, craft breweries, high-end dining establishments, health food stores, fast food restaurants and a huge BM supermarket, where the couple have actually both been seen.
Though some Instagram fans have actually presumed the couple's wood home with marvelous views of the sunrise from the terrace would be 'off grid', it almost certainly is not.
More than 99 per cent of the many villas and farms dotted in the forest are on mains electriicty and most boast a/c and high-speed internet too, delivered either by fibre optic cable television or satellite.
Judging by photos published by Adam on Facebook in their airy cooking area with a high vaulted ceiling, the family won't lack any mod cons in the home.
At the grocery store this week, MailOnline identified Adam packing a trolley high with goods including bathroom paper and bread to take home. Before heading back to their house, he cleared the truck of some rubbish consisting of a soda cup from McDonald's.
One realty agent in Dominical told MailOnline: 'There is a very healthy residential or commercial property market around here and it's driven by immigrants. A lot of them are digital wanderers running their company from here due to the fact that it's stunning, with the jungle, the beaches and the lifestyle.
'But actually making a living from the land is a tough task, unless you have considerable resources and know-how, or have sufficient residential or commercial property to rent it out to paying visitors.'
Hannah published this video of a campfire and a Volkswagen camper van as part of the family's brand-new starts after stopping the UK for the warmer climates of main America
However, the reality is that Hannah and Adam are using this environmentally unfriendly 3.0 litre diesel Hi Lux pick-up truck to do the daily chores like popping to the supermarket
Hannah moved 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 stopping S Club 7
It's not understood how much capital Hannah and Adam have between them, however their plans to open a holistic food shop in Twickenham had to be shelved last year, apparently due to the fact that of spiralling costs.
The business residential or commercial property in the heart of Twickenham village, bought in Hannah's name in November 2018 for ₤ 520,000 with a mortgage, was sold in March, having actually been on the market for ₤ 900,000.
Adam revealed the couple's move to Central America back in January with a foul-mouthed attack on Britain, declaring 'F *** the UK and f *** the f *** ing great deal of them. We GOOONE!!!'.
His intemperate Facebook post was accompanied by a sweet picture of his two children, Taya, 5 and four-year-old Tora, in a hammock at their stunning rain forest house.
But the bitter tone of his invective against political leaders of all shades, and 'nosey jobsworth c *** s in every federal government department and the NHS' raised another concern.
Could an unsightly incident which saw the couple clash with authorities and social workers 3 years earlier over an injury to their infant child have been a consider their choice to give up Britain?
The relocate to Costa Rica gave an end a well-publicised problem 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 devastating breast augmentation surgical treatment resulting in years of illness and a spell in rehabilitation to wean her off effective pain reliever.
But less well known is one of the darkest chapters in her 2023 autobiography, Facing the Music, billed as a 'searingly candid narrative', worrying a clash in between the couple and social services.
In December 2022, while house-sitting for good friends in Virginia Water, Surrey, press reports branded the couple 'homeless' while they were in between rental flats.
When then toddler Tora suffered an injury, thought to be triggered by a pet leaping up and scratching her eyelid, Hannah composed: 'We found ourselves on the radar of social services, a definitely ridiculous scenario to be in, completely unjustified.'
She remembered the dreadful incident when she ran toward the noise of Tora's screams: 'The scene that I came upon in the living-room will remain with me forever. Tora was basing on the couch, eyelids horrifically lacerated and the worst facial injury I have actually ever seen.'
At the medical facility, she wrote: 'Among the nurses came in, and asked Adam if she might have a word with him outside. What I didn't know was that as soon as he left the space, the cops were waiting on him and arrested him, taking him off in handcuffs.
'What was already a horrible scenario had ramped up to something inexpressible'.
When the family landed in Costa Rica Hannah's partner Adam published this photo on his public Facebook page of their two daughters and consisted of an expletive-laden rant at the UK
Adam - imagined in the couple's spacious 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 actually come real as they take pleasure in early morning waterfall walks and an outdoor play area as part of their lives
Hannah claimed that media reports about their temporary homelessness had actually somehow encouraged the authorities that it was most likely that a person or other of them had inflicted their daughter's injuries.
She stated: 'It's really frightening to believe that someone with definitely no evidence can paint a picture like that which influences someone being arrested and locked up while their child depends on a medical facility bed, awaiting significant surgical treatment.'
She added: 'It seemed like persecution, one of those cops states that people speak about.
'Honestly, I do not think I can ever forgive the people accountable, although we've made every effort to forget about it, and them, as quickly as possible.'
Nevertheless, while the social services conducted their examination, she stated, the family needed to reside in lodging where other responsible adults existed.
She added: 'This was including insult to severe injury and bearing in mind my progressive decline in health generally, I was actually beginning to anguish.'
It wasn't the very first time Adam Thomas had been examined for alleged violence. In 2016, he was charged with assaulting Hannah in a domestic argument, and frightening a witness.
But when the case concerned trial, it collapsed, and he was found not guilty of common attack and witness intimidation during a hearing at Kingston Crown Court. The court heard that 3 prosecution witnesses were not available which the case could not continue.
Adam Thomas was discovered not guilty and discharged.
Hannah and Adam are thought to have actually selected Costa Rica to settle after taking pleasure in a trip to the sensational location in 2018.
Hannah has actually consistently taken to Instagram to wax lyrical about how well the move has ended up for them and marvelled at the appeal of Costa Rica
The see originally influenced them to establish the coffee shop, Fire and Earth, in Twickenham in 2022. However, it was never ever prepared to open fully and they sold up earlier this year.
A source stated: 'It's the latest in a series of obstacles. The brand-new strategy is selling up and transferring to Costa Rica to live off the land.'
Meanwhile Hannah, who has actually experienced an autoimmune condition because 2013, had been set to join her former band on their comeback trip 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 - announced that they would continue as a five-piece.
Along with living off the land, there is a large of luxury hotels, yoga retreats, craft breweries, high-end restaurants, natural food shops, quickly food restaurants offered to Hannah and Adam
All the mod cons are offered to the household with 99 percent of the many rental properties and farms dotted in the forest are on mains electrical power and most boast cooling and high-speed internet
Hannah was stated to have actually been blindsided by the S Club statement, with her being left on bad terms with the band in which she rose to popularity in the early 2000s.
She then supposedly prepared in legal representatives and made the strong transfer to launch her autobiography on the exact same day the band would have taken to the stage.
Before Paul's death, all 7 members of the chart-topping band initially validated they were reuniting for a landmark 25th anniversary trip.
Hannah initially refused to sign up with the line-up, pointing out an absence of child care and only accepted sign up with when music supervisor Simon Fuller offered to pay for nannies to come along.
Two months later on, band member Paul passed away, and Hannah then accepted a five-figure sum to tell 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 but stated she needed to do what was finest for herself and her family.
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