Turns out all my super lightweight camping gear hasn't gone to waste since we had a baby - Rose (15 months) & I went off on an adventure with the bike trailer this weekend and had a brilliant time.
We started from home (Belper, Derbyshire) and rode out to Newhaven in the Peak District via the High Peak Trail, camped overnight, then rode to Matlock because there was a bike event on there on Sunday. Oh and then back over Cromford Hill via Alderwasley, because I wanted to do the brilliant road descent from Alderwasley to Blackbrook - several miles of no pedalling joy.
Pics and (rather twee) story here:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150381323769388.408411.635999387&l=07049df796&type=1
Other than normal camping gear, I took a travel cot, as Rose is a bit of a monster in terms of escaping, climbing around in her sleep, jumping on people and turning over travel cocoon things. The cot weighs 2.5kg, which is more than my big 2 man tent (<2kg) and sleeping bag (440g) combined!
It is surprising how little difference 7kg of camping gear does to the handling of the bike trailer too - although I guess I do have 30kg or so of trailer + baby, plus 15kg of bike already so it isn't a massive percentage increase. We did feel a little unstoppable (in a good way) on the way down the High Peak Trail inclines though - I was glad for my fancy pants disc brakes!
Joe
