Man lives a year without money

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

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 says he has not spent a penny and has become a happier person, and today pledged to continue living without cash.

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