My love with the outdoors is as old as my living memory. I’ve walked, run and jumped outside for as long as I’ve been able to walk. My richest experiences have been in wide open spaces. Some of these include: Solo climbing my first ‘Munro‘ as a teenager Fire walking at a spiritual retreat centre as […]
Going to the barber with my Dad is one of my earliest memories. I say ‘earliest’ however that’s just it – I don’t remember when we started going together. It was as if we’d always gone together since the beginning of time. I suppose I was more aware of the experience when I started school. […]
Lets get it out there: this post is going to divide opinion. I know for a fact that there are Dads who regularly read and follow this blog (and who I know personally in real life) who are going to disagree with what I’m about to say. That’s fine. We’ll still be friends. But you […]
I love the outdoors. I can’t remember a time in my life when I didn’t love being outside. As a child I’d play out in the garden – rain, sun, snow – all weathers were suitable. In gym class, I used to prefer playing football and doing athletics in the rain. I think it felt […]
I remember my daughter being born. I wasn’t well at the time and some of the other events at the time are a blur, but her birth is crystal clear. She wasn’t breathing at first and she was blue. Right now I’m looking at the the blue ‘Publish’ button in the WordPress window. That’s the […]
I’ve climbed mountains since before I can remember. Before I could walk, I was hoisted up various hills and peaks in a 1980’s baby carrier called a papoose. It was metal frame and brown canvas and weighed a ton. Thankfully things have moved on. I grew up walking and hiking in some of the UK’s […]
A few weeks ago I wrote what I thought about other Dad blogs. (If you missed it, you can read it here). Since then I’ve been underwhelmed by the numbers of avid readers who have rushed to the defence of the archetypal Dad-blog. I’ve actually had zero responses. Either I’m right or Dad-Blog readers are […]
I’ve asked my good friend Tom Gold of TheTreeLine.co.uk to guest post and write the second part in my series on Building Resilient Boys. Tom is a published author and blogger as well as being an outdoorsman and adventurer. His blog and YouTube channel focus on survival and bush craft with minimal kit and expense. […]
What do you want for your son? No matter what age he is, you must wonder what he’ll do or be when he’s older. You want the best for him. But what does that even look like? Financial security? Education? Stable relationships? It’s impossible to determine the future. That doesn’t stop you worrying about it […]
Welcome to the first installment of a two-part series on how to build resilient boys. This part will focus on young boys – toddlers mainly. For the second installment I’ve drafted in the help of a Dad who has plenty of experience with boys and toughening them up. More on that later. Resilience isn’t a […]
