Marcus Moon of the Scottish village of Lybster, a hermit living off-grid, without power or running water, recently self-published a book in tribute to Mobius, a goat he befriended and kept in youthful years when he was an itinerant busker with horse and wagon — and goats. Settling in the small rural spot, Moon assembled his house himself and planted gardens, trees, and an extensive orchard . He hopes that the native trees will become a forest.
Moon tells the John O’Groat Journal and Caithness Courier that his book celebrates “a way of life that has been lost … It’s about a way of life that was community based and where everybody knew their neighbours and things were produced locally. That way of life has just been thrown aside. A lot of the old style of community has been lost – that is a big theme of the book.”