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  • Adventure Fuel part 3 | podcasts

    by Ben Hatfield
      Plug these podcasts into your ear holes and you'll be teleported into wondrous worlds of adventure. I'd like to have recommended 'Top 10 adventu...

  • Adventure fuel part 2 | Videos

    by Ben Hatfield
    The amount of adventure videos out there is enough to pickle anyone's noodle. So I've plucked 6 short videos (about 28 mins in total) to pour some ...

  • Adventure Fuel part 1 | 2020 dates

    by Ben Hatfield
    Craving inspiration for 2020? Let your peepers look no further! Prepare yourself for a stupendously brilliant list of adventure inspiring events f...

  • The Adventure Combination Game

    by Ben Hatfield
    I wrote this recently for Ordnance Survey, here it is in case you missed it: It’s 7:00am on Saturday morning. ‘Dad, what are we doing today?’ In m...

  • 5 Fear conquering risks

    by Ben Hatfield
    Why toddlers need fear In our early years, fear keeps us alive.  Everything is potentially dangerous to the risk-oblivious toddler. It’s no wonder...

  • Top 10 beaches in Cornwall with kids

    by Ben Hatfield
    Taking your kids to the beach can be one of the great pleasures of parenting. Days spent hunting in rock pools, jumping over waves and digging hol...

  • Top 10 beaches in Devon with kids

    by Ben Hatfield
    Devon is one of my favourite places in the world. It's jam-packed full of little nooks and crannies just waiting for some venturesome times to ta...

  • 10 summer activities with kids that are actually fun

    by Ben Hatfield
    I always have fairly ambitious ideas at the beginning of summer. As soon as the t-shirt weather comes out my mind starts buzzing with potential ac...

  • Top 10 secret beaches in Cornwall with kids

    by Ben Hatfield
    These secret beaches in Cornwall are perfect for a microadventure. Some are more challenging to get to than others and the rule for all of them is...

  • 6 kids books that inspire adventure

    by Ben Hatfield
      Here at River Rascal, we believe that kids are born for adventure! There's something profoundly important about children taking risks, spending t...

  • Parenting in the wild #10

    by Ben Hatfield
      What a treat we have this week for our final 'Parenting in the Wild' Interview. Debs is a friend and personal hero of mine! She rowed across ...

  • Parenting in the wild #9

    by Ben Hatfield
      This week is coming to you from the deserts of Utah! Amanda's Instagram is jam-packed full of inspiring adventures with her kids. If you don't fo...