The Truth behind Hannah Spearritt's 'off-grid' Life In Costa Rica

Former S Club 7 star Hannah Spearritt has actually just recently thrilled her Instagram fans with posts from her picturesque brand-new tropical home in Costa Rica, where she and her partner Adam Thomas are identified to 'live off the land'.

Hannah, 44, altered her bio to: 'Prepper, survivalist and creator now living the uninhibited jungle life.'

But as these special images reveal, even an eco-warrior needs the periodic check out to the grocery store in their gas-guzzling 4x4.

Recently, Adam, 45, loaded up the couple's 3.0 litre diesel Hi Lux pick-up with the weekly store at the big BM supermarket in Dominical, about half an hour down the mountain from where the couple and their 2 young children have actually based themselves.

Hannah and Adam's hillside estate with its own waterfalls and spectacular views of lush green valleys is a far cry from their life in Britain, which they waved bye-bye to in January.

Hannah revealed to her 348k Instagram followers that the couple now prepare to 'discover permaculture' so they can 'live off the land' growing vegetables and fruit.

But locals and other expats in the hills above Dominical on Costa Rica's Pacific coast, told MailOnline that the difficulties of self-sufficiency can be 'tremendous'.

'Obviously it depends on several elements such as how much dough you have, just how much land and above all, how much experience,' said an American member of the local ex-pat Facebook group, Domi Crew.

Hannah Spearritt (left) of S Club 7 fame and her partner Adam Thomas (best) gave up the UK in January for a brand-new and unique life Costa Rica where they are apparently living off the land

Despite Hannah altering her Instagram bio to: 'Prepper, survivalist and developer now living the uninhibited jungle life', Adam was seen today stockpiling on the weekly store at B&M

Adam was seen carrying a McDonald's soda cup as he got out of the household's gas-guzzling 4x4 truck. B&M grocery store offers a series of products consisting of sodas, confectionery, and alcohol, in addition to toiletries and cleaning items and garden furniture

Hannah has been posting about her picturesque life in Costa Rica - and included this image of herself on the terrace of their apartment or condo ignoring tropical jungle

Hannah has actually provided a glance at her new life in Costa Rica living as a 'prepper and survivalist'

'It can be done, of course, but there are a lot of individuals who've tried and undervalued how challenging it is, then been required to look for some other kind of paid work rather to manage.'

If that need to occur to Hannah and Adam, there would be lots of opportunities in the prospering tourist and browsing resort of Dominical, needs to the couple choose to work.

The town is less than half an hour's drive down the mountain in their big gas-guzzling 3.0 litre diesel Toyota Hi Lux pick-up which Hannah revealed off on Instagram just recently.

There is a wide variety of high-end hotels, yoga retreats, craft breweries, high-end restaurants, health food shops, fast food restaurants and a huge BM grocery store, where the couple have actually both been seen.

Though some Instagram followers have actually assumed the couple's wood house with wonderful views of the sunrise from the balcony would be 'off grid', it almost definitely is not.

More than 99 per cent of the lots of rental properties and farms dotted in the forest are on mains electriicty and most boast a/c and high-speed internet too, provided either by fibre optic cable television or satellite.

Judging by photos published by Adam on Facebook in their airy kitchen with a high vaulted ceiling, the household will not lack any mod cons in the home.

At the grocery store this week, MailOnline found Adam loading a trolley high with products including bathroom paper and bread to take home. Before heading back to their apartment, he cleared the truck of some rubbish consisting of a soft drink cup from McDonald's.

One real estate agent in Dominical told MailOnline: 'There is a really healthy residential or commercial property market around here and it's driven by immigrants. A number of them are digital wanderers running their organization from here since it's gorgeous, with the jungle, the beaches and the quality of life.

'But in fact making a living from the land is a hard task, unless you have substantial resources and know-how, or have adequate residential or commercial property to lease it out to paying guests.'

Hannah published this video of a campfire and a Volkswagen camper van as part of the household's brand-new starts after giving up the UK for the warmer climates of main America

However, the truth is that Hannah and Adam are using this environmentally hostile 3.0 litre diesel Hi Lux pick-up truck to do the day-to-day chores like popping to the supermarket

Hannah relocated to Costa Rica after a series of well-publicised problems consisting of the death of her ex-boyfriend and band member Paul Cattermole and the row over her quitting S Club 7

It's not understood how much capital Hannah and Adam have between them, however their strategies to open a holistic supermarket in Twickenham needed to be shelved in 2015, reportedly due to the fact that of spiralling costs.

The commercial residential or commercial property in the heart of Twickenham village, bought in Hannah's name in November 2018 for ₤ 520,000 with a mortgage, was sold in March, having actually been on the market for ₤ 900,000.

Adam revealed the couple's relocate to Central America back in January with a foul-mouthed attack on Britain, declaring 'F *** the UK and f *** the f *** ing lot of them. We GOOONE!!!'.

His intemperate Facebook post was accompanied by a sweet image of his 2 daughters, Taya, 5 and four-year-old Tora, in a hammock at their sensational tropical rain forest house.

But the bitter tone of his invective against politicians of all shades, and 'nosey jobsworth c *** s in every government department and the NHS' raised another question.

Could an awful event which saw the couple clash with police and social employees 3 years earlier over an injury to their child daughter have been a consider their decision to quit Britain?

The relocate to Costa Rica brought to an end a well-publicised headache couple of years for Hannah, that included the death of her ex-boyfriend and band member Paul Cattermole in 2023, her awkward departure from S Club 7, a devastating breast augmentation surgical treatment leading to years of illness and a spell in rehabilitation to wean her off effective pain reliever.

But less popular is among the darkest chapters in her 2023 autobiography, Facing the Music, billed as a 'searingly candid memoir', worrying a clash between the couple and social services.

In December 2022, while house-sitting for pals in Virginia Water, Surrey, press reports branded the couple 'homeless' while they were in between rental flats.

When then young child Tora suffered an injury, thought to be brought on by a pet dog leaping up and scratching her eyelid, Hannah composed: 'We found ourselves on the radar of social services, an absolutely absurd circumstance to be in, absolutely unjustified.'

She recalled the horrific occurrence when she ran toward the noise of Tora's screams: 'The scene that I encountered in the living-room will stick with me permanently. Tora was basing on the sofa, eyelids horrifically lacerated and the worst facial injury I have actually ever seen.'

At the hospital, she composed: 'Among the nurses can be found in, and asked Adam if she could have a word with him outside. What I didn't know was that as soon as he left the room, the authorities were waiting for him and arrested him, taking him off in handcuffs.

'What was currently a dreadful scenario had increase to something inexpressible'.

When the family landed in Costa Rica Hannah's partner Adam published this image on his public Facebook page of their two children and consisted of an expletive-laden tirade at the UK

Adam - envisioned in the couple's spacious Costa Rica apartment or condo - ranted about Keir Starmer, the Tories, Reform and the NHS as he stated farewell to Britain

But after the bitterness of quitting the UK, the family's dreams of a brand-new live have actually come to life as they delight in morning waterfall walks and an outside play area as part of their day-to-day lives

Hannah claimed that media reports about their momentary homelessness had in some way convinced the authorities that it was likely that one or other of them had actually caused their daughter's injuries.

She stated: 'It's genuinely frightening to think that someone with definitely zero evidence can paint a photo like that which influences somebody being apprehended and locked up while their child lies in a medical facility bed, waiting on significant surgical treatment.'

She added: 'It seemed like persecution, one of those cops specifies that individuals talk about.

'Honestly, I do not believe I can ever forgive individuals responsible, although we've striven to forget it, and them, as rapidly as possible.'

Nevertheless, while the social services conducted their investigation, she said, the household had to reside in lodging where other responsible adults were present.

She added: 'This was including insult to serious injury and bearing in mind my steady decline in health generally, I was actually starting to despair.'

It wasn't the very first time Adam Thomas had actually been examined for supposed violence. In 2016, he was charged with assaulting Hannah in a domestic argument, and daunting a witness.

But when the case came to trial, it collapsed, and he was discovered not guilty of common assault and witness intimidation during a hearing at Kingston Crown Court. The court heard that three prosecution witnesses were not available and that the case might not continue.

Adam Thomas was found not guilty and discharged.

Hannah and Adam are thought to have selected Costa Rica to settle after enjoying a journey to the sensational location in 2018.

Hannah has consistently required to Instagram to wax lyrical about how well the move has ended up for them and marvelled at the appeal of Costa Rica

The visit originally influenced them to establish the coffee shop, Fire and Earth, in Twickenham in 2022. However, it was never prepared to open totally and they sold up earlier this year.

A source said: 'It's the newest in a sequence of obstacles. The new strategy is selling up and moving to Costa Rica to live off the land.'

Meanwhile Hannah, who has struggled with an autoimmune condition because 2013, had actually been set to join her former band on their return tour in 2023 but pulled out following a feud over contracts.

Following the row, the other members - Rachel Stevens, Jo O'Meara, Jon Lee, Bradley McIntosh and Tina Barrett - revealed that they would continue as a five-piece.

Along with living off the land, there is a wide of luxury hotels, yoga retreats, craft breweries, high-end restaurants, healthy food shops, junk food restaurants readily available to Hannah and Adam

All the mod cons are offered to the household with 99 per cent of the many vacation homes and farms dotted in the forest are on mains electricity and most boast a/c and high-speed internet

Hannah was stated to have actually been blindsided by the S Club announcement, with her being left on bad terms with the band in which she increased to popularity in the early 2000s.

She then reportedly drafted in attorneys and made the strong transfer to release her autobiography on the same day the band would have taken to the stage.

Before Paul's death, all seven members of the chart-topping band at first verified they were reuniting for a landmark 25th anniversary trip.

Hannah at first declined to sign up with the line-up, pointing out an absence of childcare and just concurred to join when music manager Simon Fuller provided to spend for nannies to come along.

Two months later on, band member Paul died, and Hannah then accepted a five-figure sum to inform her story, which left a bitter taste in the remaining band member's mouths.