Our first mini-tour with our little man

[Yazzoo]

awww love this!

 

[MikeW-71]

Excellent

 

[raleighnut]

 

[Yazzoo]

This makes me want to take my little one on a longer adventure!

 

[Cathryn]

We're safely back home after a 2 day adventure which was utterly brilliant from start to finish. Day 1 ended up being 16.8 miles, day 2 15.0 miles, which isn't bad for a 5 1/2 year old on a single-speed bike. Absolutely no moaning, a brilliant attitude throughout. He loved every second and has already asked if we can do a longer tour soon, 'with mountains'.

Personally, it was just very special for me. When I was pregnant, the Husband and I talked about the day we could take our little boy touring - cycling along with him yesterday, I had a bit of a cry because I felt like that dream had come true. Just gutted the Husband had to work and so missed it.

Already planning our next tour. I'll be doing a proper write-up soon and will post a link. Thanks all for your lovely encouraging comments.

Pics of...
1) him and me and our loaded bikes
2) him at the end point, the BART (light rail) station, super-proud of himself
3) a yellow jersey presentation when we got home for being the winner!

 

[Hill Wimp]

Superb what a wee champ he is. Glad it went well and that he enjoyed it so much.

 

[summerdays]

I wish I'd done that with mine! Looks brilliant and hopefully the start of many more tours to come!

 

[Keith Oates]

I remember following you on the Dutch ride, via the blog, when you were pregnant so it looks as if you instilled the touring bug when he was an unborn baby. Lovely photos and good to see you're still have the same smile as before. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[HelenD123]

What a star the dude is. So happy to hear it went well and he's asking for mountains

 

[Cathryn]

Just in case anyone's interested, here's the post I wrote on my (mainly running) blog about our trip.

 

[Cathryn]

I remember following you on the Dutch ride, via the blog, when you were pregnant so it looks as if you instilled the touring bug when he was an unborn baby. Lovely photos and good to see you're still have the same smile as before. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you. I LOVED that pregnant Dutch ride, I was so happy that weekend.

 

[rich p]

Thank you. I LOVED that pregnant Dutch ride, I was so happy that weekend.

Must have been a hormone thing, Cathryn, if you liked Netherlands touring

 

[Cathryn]

Must have been a hormone thing, Cathryn, if you liked Netherlands touring

Flat, safe, pretty, apple cake and cheese? Perfect for a solo pregnant person!

Seriously, living over here I hanker for the Dutch cycle paths. I know the Netherlands isn't Switzerland in terms of views etc but I long for the safe infrastructure where we could have taken the Dude touring via trailer for the past five years. The roads are so unsafe here that we just won't risk it. There's nothing like being exiled from Europe to appreciate it more.

 

[summerdays]

Flat, safe, pretty, apple cake and cheese? Perfect for a solo pregnant person!

Seriously, living over here I hanker for the Dutch cycle paths. I know the Netherlands isn't Switzerland in terms of views etc but I long for the safe infrastructure where we could have taken the Dude touring via trailer for the past five years. The roads are so unsafe here that we just won't risk it. There's nothing like being exiled from Europe to appreciate it more.

Presumably you occasionally cross back here to see relatives? Could you persuade them to have a holiday together in the Netherlands?

 

[Cathryn]

Presumably you occasionally cross back here to see relatives? Could you persuade them to have a holiday together in the Netherlands?

We try to come home every year - your idea is actually pretty good!!! I might work on that.