I met the incredible Meek family at Yestival 2017. The terrific Tim. The kind Kerry. The amiable Amy. The effervescent Ella.
It reminded me that I’ve got one of their brilliant books on my bookshelf. 100 Family Adventures.
This book is less an arduous adventure epic, and more of a How-To book for families that are looking to inject a little more adventure in their lifestyles. It’s filled with wonderfully inspiring pictures of the girls and their parents scrambling over rocks or smiling at the tiller of a dinghy.
The book explores adventure in different settings, from woodlands to mountains to the seaside. It also demonstrates adventures from the extremes of camping in sub-zero temperatures to the relative ease of completing a charity bike ride or visiting a local landmark.
You don’t have to be a bearded, gnarly middle aged guy crossing the Sahara to have an adventure.
Depending on what you starting point is adventure could be as simple as getting outside more often.
So whether you’ve always wanted to cook over a campfire or maybe wondered what it’s like taking the kids up a mountain then this book is definitely for you. I’m recommending it to all of my Raise Them Wild podcast listeners or any of the people in the Ordinary Superparents group.
And every page features a ridiculous joke from Ella. Which is surprising as they’re all excellent dad joke fodder so I thought would be much better suited to Tim’s sense of humour!
Anyway, if you’ve got a family and you think that you’re adventuring years are over then this book is for you.