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Dispatches #7: Pocket Comics, Growing Goats & Emotional Constipation

Oct 23, 2026

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3 min read

Dispatches #7: Pocket Comics, Growing Goats & Emotional Constipation

Here's whats rattling around my head this month.

Henry Brydon

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Oct 23, 2026

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3 min read

Dispatches #7: Pocket Comics, Growing Goats & Emotional Constipation

Here's whats rattling around my head this month.

Henry Brydon

Oct 16, 2026

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3 min read

Meet John Gunn

A London dad with two boys and a snake obsession.

Henry Brydon

Adventures

Oct 9, 2026

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2 min read

Bacon Baps at Sunrise

The best decision I made this week.

Henry Brydon

Adventures

Oct 2, 2026

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4 min read

We Slept in a Den on a School Night

Why should weekends get all the fun?

Henry Brydon

Sep 25, 2026

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3 min read

The Outside Kids Greatest Hits

Too early?

Henry Brydon

Interview

Sep 18, 2026

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4 min read

Meet The Adventure Van Family

How one Dorset family fits more adventure into ordinary life.

Henry Brydon

Dispatches

Sep 11, 2026

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4 min read

Dispatches #6: Survivalists, Trip-Hop & 3-Year-Old Sailors

Here's whats rattling around my head this month.

Henry Brydon

Adventures

Sep 4, 2026

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6 min read

The Best £100 I've Ever Spent

One tandem, two days, three trillion ponies.

Henry Brydon

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Stories and thoughts from the frontlines of parenthood

Essays

Oct 2, 2026

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4 min read

We Slept in a Den on a School Night

Why should weekends get all the fun?

Henry Brydon

Essays

Sep 4, 2026

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6 min read

The Best £100 I've Ever Spent

One tandem, two days, three trillion ponies.

Henry Brydon

Essays

Aug 7, 2026

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5 min read

The Anatomy of Holiday Boredom

Why "I'm bored" might be the best thing your child says all summer.

Henry Brydon

Essays

Apr 10, 2026

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10 min read

You're The Best Dad Ever

What a poorly planned bike ride taught me about doing hard things with kids.

Henry Brydon

The Latest Adventures

Family adventures, microadventures and ideas for getting out there

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Adventures

Wild Camps, Bothies & Salt Marsh Sailing

May 22, 2026

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3 min read

Wild Camps, Bothies & Salt Marsh Sailing

Five adventures to start plotting now the sun has finally turned up.

Henry Brydon

Adventures

Canoe Camping, Pony Treks & a Hike with Four Waterfalls

Apr 17, 2026

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4 min read

Canoe Camping, Pony Treks & a Hike with Four Waterfalls

Five weekend trips that are tried, tested, or firmly on the hit list

Henry Brydon

Adventures

What Two Days in an Off-Grid Cabin Did to My Kids (and Me)

Jan 28, 2026

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10 min read

What Two Days in an Off-Grid Cabin Did to My Kids (and Me)

Dutch ovens, wood fired pizza, and what happens when the screens go away.

Henry Brydon

Adventures

Aug 27, 2025

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13 min read

8 DIY Dadventures to Rescue What’s Left of Summer

Includes trees, tents, cloud philosophy and a suspicious jam trap.

Henry Brydon

The Latest How To’s

Useful skills for getting kids outside and keeping them mostly intact

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How To

May 15, 2026

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3 min read

How to Build A Marshmellow Launcher

Become the most powerful dad on the street.

Henry Brydon

How To

May 1, 2026

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5 min read

How to Take Your Kid Fishing (When You’ve Got No Idea)

A stupidly simple plan that actually works.

Henry Brydon

How To

Mar 18, 2026

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8 min read

The Lazy Dad’s Guide to Microadventures

Minimal planning, maximum payoff, and proof it’s way easier than you think.

Henry Brydon

How To

Mar 4, 2026

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8 min read

How to Build a Rope Swing (and the Art of Letting Go)

On gravity, parenthood, and the moment you finally release the rope.

Henry Brydon

The Latest Recipes

Simple food that tastes better outside, even slightly burnt

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Recipes

Aug 14, 2026

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3 min read

Firepit Pizza

No campsite required

Henry Brydon

Recipes

Jul 3, 2026

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3 min read

We Made a Curry in the Garden

Turns out you don’t need a camping trip to cook over a fire.

Henry Brydon

Recipes

How to Make Campfire Bread (The Easy Way)

Oct 1, 2025

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5 min read

How to Make Campfire Bread (The Easy Way)

Because life’s way too short for sliced bread.

Henry Brydon

Recipes

Aug 20, 2025

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7 min read

How to Make a Wild Blackberry Pie

A dad’s first attempt at turning bramble loot into pie.

Henry Brydon

The Latest Dispatches

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Fresh finds, ideas and outdoor goodness from the Outside Kids inbox

Dispatches

Sep 11, 2026

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4 min read

Dispatches #6: Survivalists, Trip-Hop & 3-Year-Old Sailors

Here's whats rattling around my head this month.

Henry Brydon

Dispatches

Jul 17, 2026

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3 min read

Dispatches #5: Tier-One Dadding & A Parent’s Nightmare

Here's whats rattling around my head this month.

Henry Brydon

Dispatches

Jun 18, 2026

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2 min read

Dispatches #4: Mountains & Manhood

Here's whats rattling around my head this month.

Henry Brydon

Dispatches

May 8, 2026

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2 min read

Dispatches #3: Hammocks, Psychedelics & The Art of Keeping Wonder Alive

Here's whats rattling around my head this month.

Henry Brydon

The Latest Interviews

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Conversations with adventurous families who seem to have figured a few things out

Interview

Sep 18, 2026

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4 min read

Meet The Adventure Van Family

How one Dorset family fits more adventure into ordinary life.

Henry Brydon

Interview

Aug 20, 2026

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6 min read

Meet Ross & Kyri

The parents behind Britain's freshest outdoor magazine.

Henry Brydon

Interview

Jul 31, 2026

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6 min read

Meet Anna McNuff

From running barefoot across Britain to raising three small adventurers.

Henry Brydon

Interview

Jul 10, 2026

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6 min read

Meet Rob Waugh

“Think of the outdoors as a library. Every child has their own genre.”

Henry Brydon

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