Back in 2021 I started a side project, setting up a 4x4 to get off-road with the kids.It first made an appearance on this site here. Then again it featured in my last post of 2021 when I injured my leg. That kicked off an unfortunately long time between posts.

But we're back. And we've been i...

This is just a short update and a follow up to Rugged Phone for Kids. A year on, and the phones have served their purpose. They've been used to take countless photos. They've been dropped countless times. They've been washed under the tap. My daughter's phone has even been left outdoors in the gra...

WARNING - This post contains details of an injury. If you feel this may upset you please don't read any further.

So back in Feburary I took a day of annual leave from work.

The kids still went to school however. This was my hike without kids.

The last time I reviewed a rugged phone, I promised HikeWithKids wasn't going to become a phone review site.

It isn't. This will be the last one for a long time.

So I got rugged phones for my kids and now I want to explain what the hell I was thinking.

But why?

It started as a discussion...