Oxford graduate quit mainstream society to live Hobbit-style existence in mud hut in the Welsh hills

Good on her. Reading the comments was interesting. Some nasty shits out there aren't there.

Righteous, brah.

It doesn't hurt that she somewhat resembles a hobbit. Cool digs, brah.

Dildo Faggins.

and she still pays council tax on the house she built for herself.

ridiculous

That's nothing:

"After graduating from Oxford with a degree in Chinese, she married architectural historian Julian Orbach. Together they founded the Brithdir Mawr eco-community in the Preseli Mountains near Newport, in Pembrokeshire, round a 180-acre farm in 1993. For five years they enjoyed a simple life, then a survey plane chanced upon the ‘lost tribe’ and they were plunged into a decade-long battle with officialdom.

Officials were unable to find any records, let alone planning permission, for the mystery hillside village surrounded by trees and bushes and insisted the eight grass-covered buildings should be demolished. The eco-community endured a decade of inquiries, court cases and a planning hearing before their fight, backed by more modern support for green issues, finally ended in victory in 2008 when the roundhouses were given planning approval."