by Arash Hekmat
If you find life so much more appealing when you can park up your caravan in the middle of a field and breathe in the tranquility of nature, then this story’s for you.
For that is exactly the situation that Jake Williams found himself in, after he became so disillusioned with his nine to five job that he decided to pack it in and move relocate to the middle of a forest.
According to the Scottish Sun, the 62-year-old completely cut himself off from society, living in a tiny cottage with only two cats for company.
While he set up a greenhouse in the back of an old car, the divorced father, who enjoys the solitary life, also managed to park his caravan in the branches of a tree to create a perfect snoozing spot.
He told the newspaper: “It’s perfectly conventional to me – nothing startling at all. As far as I’m concerned I’m just a normal homeowner. It’s everyone else’s lives that are strange.”
Whether or not that’s the case, it is a life that is so interesting to the outside world it’s been documented for a feature film, called Two Years At Sea.
Released in May, the 88-minute black and white movie has earned rave reviews. The Independent called it “quietly extraordinary” in a five-star review, while the Guardian described it as “strange and intriguing” and gave it four out of five..
What’s more, the artsy film also received plenty of acclaim at the 2011 Venice Film Festival, winning its director Ben Rivers the International Critics Prize.
To see what all the fuss is about, watch the official trailer for Two Years At Sea below.
