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

Former S Club 7 star Hannah Spearritt has actually recently thrilled her Instagram fans with posts from her idyllic 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 developer now living the uninhibited jungle life.'

But as these exclusive photos show, even an eco-warrior needs the periodic see to the supermarket in their gas-guzzling 4x4.

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

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

Hannah announced to her 348k Instagram followers that the couple now plan to 'learn 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, informed MailOnline that the challenges of self-sufficiency can be 'immense'.

'Naturally it depends upon several elements such as how much dough you have, just how much land and above all, just 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 (right) gave up the UK in January for a new and exotic life Costa Rica where they are apparently living off the land

Despite Hannah changing 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 bring a McDonald's soda cup as he left the household's gas-guzzling 4x4 truck. B&M supermarket sells a series of products including sodas, confectionery, and alcohol, along with toiletries and cleaning products and garden furniture

Hannah has been posting about her idyllic life in Costa Rica - and included this picture of herself on the balcony of their house overlooking tropical jungle

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

'It can be done, obviously, but there are a great deal of people who've tried and underestimated how challenging it is, then been forced to look for some other sort of paid work rather to manage.'

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

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

There is a large range of high-end hotels, yoga retreats, craft breweries, high-end dining establishments, health food stores, fast food dining establishments and a substantial BM supermarket, where the couple have both been seen.

Though some Instagram fans have presumed the couple's wood home with wonderful views of the dawn from the terrace would be 'off grid', it probably is not.

More than 99 percent of the many rental properties and farms dotted in the forest are on mains electriicty and most boast a/c and high-speed web too, delivered either by fibre optic cable television or satellite.

Judging by photos published by Adam on Facebook in their airy cooking area with a high vaulted ceiling, the family will not do not have any mod cons in the home.

At the supermarket today, MailOnline found Adam packing a trolley high with items consisting of loo paper and bread to take home. Before heading back to their apartment or condo, he emptied the truck of some rubbish including a soft beverage cup from McDonald's.

One genuine estate representative in Dominical informed MailOnline: 'There is a really healthy residential or commercial property market around here and it's driven by foreigners. Much of them are digital nomads running their organization from here since it's gorgeous, with the jungle, the beaches and the quality of life.

'But actually earning a living from the land is a tough job, unless you have significant resources and know-how, or have enough residential or commercial property to rent it out to paying guests.'

Hannah posted this video of a campfire and a Volkswagen camper van as part of the household's clean slates after stopping the UK for the warmer climes of central America

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

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

It's not understood how much capital Hannah and Adam have between them, however their plans to open a holistic grocery store in Twickenham had actually to be shelved in 2015, reportedly because of spiralling expenses.

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

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

His intemperate Facebook post was accompanied by a sweet picture of his two daughters, Taya, 5 and four-year-old Tora, in a hammock at their stunning rain forest home.

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

Could an ugly event which saw the couple clash with cops and social workers three years ago over an injury to their baby daughter have been an element in their choice to quit Britain?

The move to Costa Rica brought to an end a well-publicised nightmare few years for Hannah, which consisted of the death of her ex-boyfriend and band member Paul Cattermole in 2023, her uncomfortable departure from S Club 7, a disastrous breast augmentation surgery resulting in years of disease and a spell in rehab to wean her off powerful pain reliever.

But less well understood is one of the darkest chapters in her 2023 autobiography, Facing the Music, billed as a 'searingly honest memoir', concerning a clash between the couple and social services.

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

When then toddler Tora suffered an injury, thought to be triggered by a pet leaping up and scratching her eyelid, Hannah composed: 'We found ourselves on the radar of social services, a definitely outrageous situation to be in, totally unjustified.'

She recalled the horrific occurrence when she ran towards the noise of Tora's screams: 'The scene that I came across in the living-room will stick with me permanently. Tora was standing on the couch, eyelids horrifically lacerated and the worst facial injury I've ever seen.'

At the hospital, she wrote: 'One of the nurses was available in, and asked Adam if she might have a word with him outside. What I didn't understand was that as quickly as he left the space, the authorities were waiting for him and apprehended him, taking him off in handcuffs.

'What was already an awful circumstance had actually ramped up to something inexpressible'.

When the household landed in Costa Rica Hannah's partner Adam posted this picture on his public Facebook page of their two children and included an expletive-laden rant at the UK

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

But after the bitterness of stopping the UK, the household's imagine a new live have come to life as they delight in morning waterfall walks and an outdoor playground as part of their lives

Hannah declared that media reports about their short-term homelessness had actually in some way persuaded the authorities that it was likely that one or other of them had caused their daughter's injuries.

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

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

'Honestly, I do not believe I can ever forgive the individuals accountable, although we have actually made every effort to ignore it, and them, as quickly as possible.'

Nevertheless, while the social services conducted their investigation, she stated, the family needed to live in lodging where other responsible grownups were present.

She added: 'This was adding insult to major injury and bearing in mind my progressive decline in health typically, I was really starting to despair.'

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

But when the case concerned trial, it collapsed, and he was found not guilty of typical attack and witness intimidation throughout a hearing at Kingston Crown Court. The court heard that three prosecution witnesses were not available and that the case could not continue.

Adam Thomas was discovered not guilty and discharged.

Hannah and Adam are believed to have actually selected Costa Rica to settle after delighting in a journey to the spectacular location in 2018.

Hannah has actually consistently required to Instagram to wax lyrical about how well the relocation has ended up for them and admired the beauty of Costa Rica

The see initially influenced them to set up the café, Fire and Earth, in Twickenham in 2022. However, it was never ever ready to open fully and they sold up previously this year.

A source stated: 'It's the most recent 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 actually struggled with an autoimmune condition given that 2013, had actually been set to join her former band on their resurgence trip in 2023 but pulled out following a fight over agreements.

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

In addition to living off the land, there is a large of luxury hotels, yoga retreats, craft breweries, high-end dining establishments, health food shops, fast food dining establishments readily available to Hannah and Adam

All the mod cons are available to the family with 99 percent of the lots of villas and farms dotted in the forest are on mains electricity and most boast a/c and high-speed internet

Hannah was said to have actually been blindsided by the S Club statement, with her being left on bad terms with the band in which she rose to fame in the early 2000s.

She then apparently prepared in attorneys and made the vibrant relocate 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 initially validated they were reuniting for a landmark 25th anniversary tour.

Hannah at first declined to sign up with the line-up, citing a lack of childcare and only accepted sign up with when music supervisor Simon Fuller offered to pay for nannies to come along.

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