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FEATURE - Der britische Neandertaler: Student Luis Williamson lebt ein Jahr lang in einem selbstgebautem Steinzeithaus im Wald von Cotswold
SONDERKONDITIONEN: Satzpreis! *** Student dubs himself the British Tarzan after building his
own Stone Age house from scratch using nothing but
primeval tools - in the Cotswold woods
By Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
*With video - contact video@pamediagroup.com
A real life " British Tarzan" who swapped the jungle for dense Cotswold woodland told
how he spent a year building a "Stone Age house" in the forest using Neanderthal -style
tools and materials.
Business management student Luis Williamson, 20, who created his dwelling using
reclaimed wood, clay and mud - costing him nothing - was inspired by YouTube videos of
a man who used primitive techniques to build a home in the Australian bush.
Honing his skills in his parents' back garden in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - where he
tunnelled and dug holes to unearth clay for building - the avid history buff launched his
house project in the summer of 2018, after finishing his A levels and before starting hi s
degree at Swansea University.
Spending six days a week on site in the picturesque Dowdeswell Wood, he said: "I am the
closest thing to a British Tarzan!
"When you're away from normal society and modern life for that long, wearing just shorts
and with bare feet and no one around, it changes you.
"It sounds wild and wacky, but your senses are heightened. You recognise sounds in the
forest differently and I really started to feel like a Neanderthal, living in a cave.
"Afterwards, when I went to cities where there were a lot of people around, I started to
feel anxious."
Single Luis, who hardly saw his parents - nurse Karima, 56, and businessman Shaun, 58
- during the build, used a stretch of private land belonging to co -founder of clothing brand
Superdry, Julian Dunkerton, after passing on a request through his stepdaughter, Matilda.
He said: "It was the perfect spot near a creek and a steep face of earth, so I was
delighted when he gave me the go-ahead.
"For the first three months, I was down there pretty much every da
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