I hope that no trail centre ever has a creche
I don't know - my two love getting buckets of soapy water and cleaning my bikes in the back garden of an afternoon. A couple of hours doing this with a bunch of other kids at Glentress of a weekend could earn them a useful bit of pocket money while I got on with ignoring them.
This has potential.
Book a cottage near Glentress that's big enough for you two, the little 'un and grandma/grandpa etc etc.
Lots a full family time, plus the ability to get sneaky rides in when no-ones looking.
You would be amazed the phonecalls we get of 'so its ok to leave our kids with you and go riding then?'.....
can't you just take the nanny with you?
Just wanted to finish this post off with some thanks and stuff.
Our first priority is and will always be our child and we are both looking forward to the adventures we will have as a family on and off bikes.
Thank you to everyone who has posted with their experiences and advice; we can take some really positive stuff from what has been said and we love the trailer pics of CYB(?).
Hopefully see some of you out and about on the trails, maybe with a trailer or in a few years with the not so little 'un ripping ahead of us.
5 1/2 weeks to go!
Good luck. It sounds like you'll find a happy medium.
Never mind all the people who say 'oh your life is over you'll be dead on your feet forever'. It's not necessarily like that (as long as you don't end up seriously anaemic like my Mrs).
Don't admit defeat. Your life is to be made to the satisfaction of all involved. This means NOT giving up what you love. You need to carefully plan exactly how you are going to do things and make damn sure you're not doing any more work than is absolutely necessary. This means NOT, I repeat N.O.T ironing baby clothes - amongst other things. Yes, people do do this - talk about making work for yourself!
You could get a Chariot trailer with the baby sling and suspension, but that limits you to fire-roads so won't be that much fun. My suggestion would be to either ride near your house and get a babysitter in, or ride near the house of someone who can look after your baby 
Even if you don't get out nearly as much, the stolen moments of riding that you do do whether separately or together will seem so much better and more precious than the pre baby rides. Even a 45 min ride along the canal seems exciting to me now! However your fitness make take some time to come back and is harder to sustain. One year on, I still can't manage more than about 3 hours before I am finished!
Get your baby used to be looked after by others even if only for a few hours early on then it won't be a wrench for either of you.
And your life defintley isn't over, it is just different and I think enriched because you still have your old life to revisit but have an entirely new one as well. Good luck.
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