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ICP 115 Creating a Life of Education and Adventure : On The Road With The Meek Family (Part One)

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In this episode you’ll learn:

  • Why Tim and Kerry chose to take Amy and Ella out of school
  • How they fund and sustain their adventures on the road
  • Why they sold their home and gave up their careers for a life of adventure

The Meeks are an everyday family of four, traveling the UK (and beyond), in search of a lifestyle that offers education and adventure.

They call this EdVenture.

In this episode, recorded from their motor-home situated in a caravan park beneath the infamous BBC Crystal Palace transmitter mast, the Meeks share their story so far.

Hear – as they are about to depart for France – why they chose to give up their house, their school and previous lifestyle in search of EdVenture.

Also, hear how they became recognised by the Ordnance Survey as Get Outside Champions.

“If you can do something about a situation…you owe it to yourself” – Tim Meek

Items mentioned in this episode (quick access):

[0:00:41] Introducing the Meek family.

[0:02:08] How Tim and Kerry Meek met.

[0:03:25] The moment they came up with the idea for a year of adventure.

[0:05:50] Selling their house.

[0:06:50] The moment when the Meeks decided to give it all up.

“Your children should come first” – Kerry Meek

[0:09:20] Why they chose to take Amy and Ella out of school.

[0:09:57] Having doubts.

[0:11:47] Parenting on the road.

[0:12:45] If they could go back to their old lifestyle.

“It was more about creative thinking…and coming up with ideas that would work for us as a family” – Tim Meek

[0:15:38] What the Meeks don’t miss.

[0:17:12] Why they wanted to sell their house.

[0:18:12] How the Meeks support themselves and fund their adventures.

[0:20:50] ‘Meekro’-adventures. Making the weekends worthwhile.

“Our decisions about what we spend money on are not based on cost – they are based on value…” – Tim Meek

[0:24:50] Sleeping on the beach.

[0:28:45] How long they have been, and hope to stay, on the road.

[0:30:00] The Meeks share their most inspiring places so far.

[0:32:35] Michael Morpurgo’s book The Wreck of The Zanzibar.

“Quit the job…take the girls out of school…that didn’t really phase us” – Kerry Meek

[0:32:50] Becoming Ordnance Survey Get Outside Champions.

[0:33:56] Their best tips for creating a life of adventure.

[0:35:38] What’s most important to the Meeks.

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