Man lives without money for a year

Sat Nov 28 2009 12:13:41

A man who lived for a year without spending any money has said that it has been the happiest time of his life and he intends to continue living without cash.

Mark Boyle, 30, has lived for the past 12 months as a true 'freeconomist', leading a self-sufficient lifestyle in a caravan in Timsbury, near Bath, growing his own food and reusing junk that people have thrown away.

He has pledged to continue living without cash because he says he has become a happier person for it.

He cycles everywhere, his phone only takes incoming calls, he has solar-powered showers and cleans his teeth with toothpaste made from washed-up cuttlefish bones.

He grows or forages for his food and gets his clothes from bins or from the Freecycle website.

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