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

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

Last week, Adam, 45, packed up the couple's 3.0 litre diesel Hi Lux pick-up with the weekly shop at the big BM supermarket in Dominical, about half an hour down the mountain from where the couple and their two young daughters have based themselves.

Hannah and Adam's hillside estate with its own waterfalls and spectacular 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 fans that the couple now plan to 'learn permaculture' so they can 'live off the land' growing fruit and vegetables.

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

'Of course it depends upon a number of elements such as how much dough you have, 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 popularity and her partner Adam Thomas (best) quit the UK in January for a new and unique life Costa Rica where they are obviously living off the land

Despite Hannah changing her Instagram bio to: 'Prepper, survivalist and creator now living the uninhibited jungle life', Adam was seen this week stockpiling on the weekly shop at B&M

Adam was seen carrying a McDonald's soda cup as he left the family's gas-guzzling 4x4 truck. B&M grocery store sells a series of products including soft drinks, confectionery, and alcohol, as well as toiletries and cleansing items and garden furnishings

Hannah has been posting about her idyllic life in Costa Rica - and included this image of herself on the balcony of their home ignoring tropical jungle

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

'It can be done, naturally, but there are a lot of people who've attempted and ignored how hard it is, then been forced to look for some other type of paid work rather to manage.'

If that need to happen to Hannah and Adam, there would be a lot of chances in the flourishing tourist and browsing resort of Dominical, ought to 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 showed off on Instagram just recently.

There is a wide variety of luxury hotels, yoga retreats, craft breweries, high-end dining establishments, natural food stores, quick food restaurants and a substantial BM grocery store, where the couple have both been seen.

Though some Instagram fans have presumed the couple's wood house with marvelous views of the daybreak from the terrace would be 'off grid', it almost certainly is not.

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

Judging by photos published by Adam on Facebook in their airy kitchen with a high vaulted ceiling, the family won't lack any mod cons in the home.

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

One realty agent in Dominical informed MailOnline: 'There is a very healthy residential or commercial property market around here and it's driven by immigrants. A lot of them are digital nomads running their organization from here since it's beautiful, with the jungle, the beaches and the lifestyle.

'But in fact making a living from the land is a tough job, unless you have significant resources and knowledge, or have adequate residential or commercial property to rent it out to paying guests.'

Hannah published this video of a campfire and a Volkswagen camper van as part of the family's clean slates after quitting the UK for the warmer climates of central America

However, the truth is that Hannah and Adam are utilizing this ecologically hostile 3.0 litre diesel Hi Lux pick-up truck to do the day-to-day tasks like popping to the grocery store

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

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

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 been on the marketplace for ₤ 900,000.

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

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

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

Could an awful occurrence which saw the couple clash with police and social workers three years back over an injury to their child daughter have been an aspect in their decision to give up Britain?

The transfer to Costa Rica gave an end a well-publicised nightmare couple of years for Hannah, that included the death of her ex-boyfriend and band member Paul Cattermole in 2023, her uncomfortable departure from S Club 7, a devastating breast augmentation surgery leading to years of ill health and a spell in rehabilitation to wean her off powerful discomfort killers.

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

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

When then young child Tora suffered an injury, thought to be caused by a pet leaping up and scratching her eyelid, Hannah wrote: 'We found ourselves on the radar of social services, an absolutely outrageous scenario to be in, completely unjustified.'

She remembered the dreadful event when she ran toward the sound of Tora's screams: 'The scene that I came across in the living-room will stick with me forever. Tora was standing on the couch, eyelids horrifically lacerated and the worst facial injury I've ever seen.'

At the healthcare facility, she composed: 'One of the nurses can be found in, and asked Adam if she could have a word with him outside. What I didn't understand was that as soon as he left the room, the authorities were waiting on him and jailed him, taking him off in handcuffs.

'What was already a dreadful situation had increase to something inexpressible'.

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

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

But after the bitterness of giving up the UK, the household's imagine a brand-new live have come true as they enjoy morning waterfall walks and an outside play area as part of their lives

Hannah declared that media reports about their short-lived homelessness had somehow persuaded the authorities that it was likely that a person or other of them had actually inflicted their child's injuries.

She said: 'It's really frightening to believe that somebody with absolutely no proof can paint a photo like that which influences somebody being arrested and locked up while their daughter depends on a hospital bed, waiting for significant surgery.'

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

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

Nevertheless, while the social services performed their examination, she stated, the household needed to reside in accommodation where other accountable grownups existed.

She added: 'This was including insult to severe injury and bearing in mind my gradual decrease in health normally, I was actually starting to anguish.'

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

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

Adam Thomas was found not guilty and discharged.

Hannah and Adam are believed to have selected Costa Rica to settle after enjoying a trip to the spectacular area in 2018.

Hannah has actually repeatedly required to Instagram to wax lyrical about how well the relocation has actually turned out for them and admired the appeal of Costa Rica

The visit initially inspired them to set up the café, Fire and Earth, in Twickenham in 2022. However, it was never ever all set to open completely and they offered up previously this year.

A source stated: 'It's the newest in a series of setbacks. The brand-new plan is selling up and moving to Costa Rica to live off the land.'

Meanwhile Hannah, who has actually suffered from an autoimmune condition because 2013, had been set to join her previous band on their resurgence trip in 2023 but pulled out following a fight over contracts.

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 wide of high-end hotels, yoga retreats, craft breweries, high-end restaurants, natural food stores, junk food dining establishments available to Hannah and Adam

All the mod cons are readily available to the household with 99 per cent of the lots of rental properties and farms dotted in the forest are on mains electrical power 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 popularity in the early 2000s.

She then apparently drafted in legal representatives and made the bold relocation to launch her autobiography on the very same day the band would have required to the phase.

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 initially 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 baby-sitters to come along.

Two months later on, band member Paul passed away, and Hannah then accepted a five-figure sum to tell her story, which left a bitter taste in the staying band member's mouths.
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The Dancing On Ice star apologised to S Club's fans for choosing to leave but said she had to do what was best for herself and her household.

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