View over Bushfield

I had a rather leisurely day, spent mostly indoors as it was still quite windy  and chilly outside. However, we went for a walk late afternoon. This view is looking over Bushfield Down, towards Winchester cathedral, with a train heading southwards  towards Shawford and Southampton. The photo was taken from an  avenue of  beech trees, shown in the extra, situated on a ridge. 
As we walked along this  avenue we met a friendly and cheerful  chap who was collecting fallen branches to use as firewood. He told us he has been living  up there, off -grid, in a hut, in the adjacent ruins of the old army camp, for the past couple of years! When I asked where he gets  water he said he goes to the nearest garage, in St Cross ( it's at least half a mile away).  We didn't detain him for long as he needed to get his fire going  before  darkness fell but, afterwards,  I thought of so many other  questions  I wished I had  asked him. We'll have to return and look him up again! (He had  invited us to call anytime.) What  did come across, though, was how content he seemed to be with his minimalist lifestyle.