| We were staying at Gunvenna Caravan park near | | | | Maddy had a shiny purple Dawes Blowfish child's bike. |
| Port Isaac, which is a part of Cornwall I have not been | | | | We set off from Padstow heading towards |
| to for a long time. We were looking for something to | | | | Wadebridge, within five minutes we were cycling over |
| do which would involve the whole family, My wife Sue | | | | a lovely old railway bridge which spans the Little |
| and myself, Maddy age 6 and Rosie who is just 1 year | | | | Petherick Creek. The Camel Trail hugs the south side |
| old. We had read about 'The Camel Trail' which is a | | | | of the River Camel giving lovely views over the |
| cycle friendly path made from an old disused railway | | | | estuary towards Rock and the disused quarries on the |
| track. In actual fact The Camel Trail goes from | | | | north bank of The Camel. |
| Padstow to Bodmin and also has an extra arm which | | | | Roughly halfway along was a little stall setup based on |
| goes from Bodmin to Wenfordbridge. The distances | | | | tricycles, Treats-on-Trikes they were called, where |
| involved are Padstow to Wadebridge, 5 miles, | | | | you could buy cups of tea, cold drinks, ice creams and |
| Wadebridge to Bodmin 6.1 miles and Bodmin to | | | | of course Cornish Pasties. |
| Wenfordbridge 7.1 miles. | | | | All the way along the Camel Trail people are on bikes, |
| Our original intention was that Sue would walk along | | | | walking and running, but above all everyone seemed to |
| with Rosie in the pushchair and Maddy and I would hire | | | | be smiling. It didn't seem too long before we were |
| some bikes. We didn't do this because when we | | | | going under the A39 bridge and Wadebridge was |
| arrived at Padstow Cycle Hire we realised they had | | | | looming. At Wadebridge we could have carried on to |
| every conceivable combination of bike you could wish | | | | Bodmin, but we thought that was probably enough for |
| for. Adult bikes came in the form of hybrids, mountain | | | | the time being so we had fish and chips at a |
| bikes, tricycles, tandems. Babies and small children | | | | restaurant called 'The Glass House' and then headed |
| could be accommodated in trailers, child seats or | | | | back. |
| 'tagalong' bikes. | | | | So there you have it, converting a disused railway into |
| We opted for two Claude Butler hybrid adult bikes for | | | | a cycle path is just a brilliant thing to do, it means that |
| Sue and me, mine was pulling a trailer for Rosie. | | | | there are no steep hills, excellent scenery and no cars. |