A couple who have a 30 year age gap and met while travelling have revealed how they gave up their homes and almost all of their worldly possessions to live a life as nomads.
Miriam, 34, from the Netherlands and Peter, 64, from New Zealand appear on Tuesday night's episode of Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild on Channel 5.
The presenter meets the former teachers in South East Bulgaria where they are currently staying in the Rhodope mountains, the latest destination in their 12 years living a nomadic lifestyle.
While they life a very free lifestyle now they both come from high achieving backgrounds.
Peter, 64, and Miriam, 34, have been living a nomadic life together for the last 12 years and appear in the latest episode of Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild
As teen was accomplished athlete but shunned a sports career in favour of travelling the world and at 22 while on a journey through India she met Peter.
Meanwhile following a PHD in Ecology Peter had worked as a lecturer before deciding to leave his job and live life on the road.
He explained: 'I was sitting in a staff meeting looking out of the window thing they might be paying me $50 an hour to sit here but my life is out there.'
He adds: 'One of the most liberating things I ever did in my life is leave my house, put the keys in the letterbox for the estate agent and then head to the airport with one bag. From that point on I became a refugee from modern life.'
The couple survive by hunting and foraging, with Peter responsible for cooking while Miriam catches animals for meat - despite being raised as a vegetarian
She also revealed to Ben Fogle that she uses her own urine to wash her hair in streams
Both Miriam and Peter previously worked as teachers before giving up their careers to live a life on the road
The couple has no permanent address, travelling from place to place with a rucksack full of belongings.
When it comes to survival Peter is tasked with the cooking while Miriam takes on the role of gatherer, hunting animals for their meat using a bow and arrow, something she admits is a far cry from her former life.
'I was raised a vegetarian' she tells Ben, revealing it took her two years to teach herself how to hunt.
'At the beginning it was quite shocking, I killed something it was quite traumatic' she adds.
Following a PHD in Ecology Peter had worked as a lecturer before deciding to leave his job and his home all behind him. Pictured: Peter around the age he met Miriam
Miriam was 22 and travelling across India when she met Peter who invited her to join him on his travels. Pictured: Miriam at the age she met Peter
'But then you eat it and it's so filled with energy. I feel a bit like I become that hare or I become that goat - a bit wilder in a way.'
The couple do occasionally have to make a trip to a supermarket as Ben discovers when he and Peter stop off at a convenience store in a small Bulgarian village for some supplies that can't be found in the wild - including ice cream.
Peter and Miriam fund their lifestyle with their £40,000 life savings, estimating they spend around £3,000 a year, and he admits they aren't worried about finances.
Peter explains: 'People often ask what would happen if you ran out of money. Well we'd go get a job, simple.'
When it comes to washing Miriam sticks to streams and brooks revealing the very unusual shampoo she uses to Ben - her own urine.
The couple do occasionally have to make a trip to a supermarket as Ben discovers when he and Peter stop off at a convenience store in a small Bulgarian village
The only possessions that the pair now have can be contained in the rucksacks that they travel with (seen)
After asking the host to fill a cup up with his own they head down to the stream where, after wetting their heads, she instructs him to pour the urine over his head, allowing it to soak for 20 minutes before rinsing.
After Ben points out that many would be horrified by her approach Miriam says: 'For me going to work every day, sitting in traffic jams, that's uncomfortable for me.'
And it is not only the couple's lifestyle that is unconventional but their relationship too, with Miriam explaining to Ben that she and Peter have an 'open' partnership.
She tells Ben: 'We have an open relationship. We don't own each other, I don't own him he doesn't own me I feel completely free I feel like I can do whatever I like.
As a teen Miriam was an accomplished athlete even competing in the young Olympics as a pole vaulter
The couple explained to Ben that they are living in an open relationship and currently have no plans to settle down
'I think if you know what love is you cannot only love one why should it be so focused? It's unnatural. If you are together for a really long time you will fall in love with someone else every now and then.'
With three decades between them, Miriam admits that Peter is sometimes mistaken for her father.
Commenting on their age gap Peter said: 'When I met Miriam she was an adult, and I was an adult, who says that relationships have to be like this or this? It's just another prejudice.'
Miriam admits that they have spoken about children and she decided against them admitting she has no plans to settle down.
But Peter admits that he will eventually have to slow down, and while Ben expressed doubts that they could return to a 'normal' life he disagreed.
Peter said: 'This whole world of ours is free choice. At any moment we could say we're going back to the normal world now.'
Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild airs on Tuesday nights at 9pm on Channel 5. Watch previous episodes on My5.
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