Ben found himself in Pembrokeshire, drawn to a family who made their home on the steep slopes of a rugged mountain. They lived a self-sufficient existence, hunting and gathering their own sustenance and repurposing discarded materials into …

Ben Fogle encounters a former filmmaker who has established a life in the eastern Icelandic highlands, creating a wilderness center dedicated to exploring two centuries of local history. He participates in an age-old tradition: the sorting …

From the wild northern coast of Ireland, Ben journeys to Rathlin, a small, isolated, and windswept island. He finds lodging with Rauri Morgan, a man of forty-one who abandoned a career in human resources to inherit a family legacy. There, B…

Ben encountered Jake Williams, a seventy-year-old recluse dwelling on the forest's fringe in the Cairngorms. He had established a life amidst the ruins of an ancient settlement, subsisting on a diet of foraged finds and, occasionally, stir-…

In County Galway, on Ireland’s wild west coast, Ben Fogle encounters an author who has deliberately rejected both wealth and modern technology. He lives a life of profound simplicity, sustained by the resources of the land. His days are mar…