Anbody interested in doing a group ride with their kids in the Peak?
Date tba but probably March, when it's hopefully better weather.
distance and age of kids ??
Mine are 6 and 7 so if you are assuming teenagers best we dont tag along
Mate of mine with a lad of twelve and daughter of nine might be interested.
distance and age of kids ??
Distance not thought yet. Maybe 4-5 hours at a nice steady pace with cafe stop.
My lad is 7.
It is [b]NOT[/b] going to be a race
ok we are in
2 lads 6 and 7
What sort of distance / terrain ?
My lads are 5 & 7. Thinking of the youngest really, he's probably still going to be on a Cnoc14.
Soon to have his brothers Beinn20 but older brother not quite ready for his 12" Hotrock26.
Hey, I could use my Kona Ute. It could be the team bus in case any of them bail. 🙂
My nipper is 11 and I would definitely be up for it.
Might be in for this: 7 and 11 years old (and 39).
What sort of distance / terrain ?
My lads are 5 & 7. Thinking of the youngest really, he's probably still going to be on a Cnoc14.
Soon to have his brothers Beinn20 but older brother not quite ready for his 12" Hotrock26.
Mileage and route no idea yet.
If we get enough interest there could be a long and a short option.
hey richpips
we met at alemnt campsie for the mega few years back, cant belive your lad is 7!
kimbers jr only 2 so unless its trailer friendly wont be able to, but have fun!
hey richpipswe met at alemnt campsie for the mega few years back, cant belive your lad is 7!
kimbers jr only 2 so unless its trailer friendly wont be able to, but have fun!
Hi, yes, 2007 my lad would have been about the age of yours now.
Hope you're keeping well.
My kids are 32, 30 & 21 and probably not be up for this.
A bump for the morning crowd.
Up for this. My lads are 6 & 9
Up for this too - mine are 14 & 15 and great at herding groups of kids, gate men, fetch and carry. Have to be a Sunday for me as still league hockey season.
might be up for this, depending on route/terrain. my girls are 10 and 9, and can manage 7 miles on smooth-ish paths.
Isn't it richpips' lad that's done C2c and would put most adults to shame? (or is that someone else's lad)
me and Lurch (19 and three quarters) are up for this, providing we're free.
that may have upped the average speed and ride time a tad
You can do the elite one then and we are riding with Dawson 😉
Mine will do 10 miles ish but very slowly. Load of moaning going uphill from the youngest as well
don't worry, my lad can do his fair share of moaning.
OK everyone how does 17th March sound?
Date fine for me [ any will be] just book the bloody weather will you
works for us.
might be up for this with my daughter, she is 15.
Me and Immy are up for this just starting her training plan 🙂
@ton and postierich, ace, haven't seen either of you in ages.
Date good for us.
OK everyone how does 17th March sound?
St Patricks day, hope the cafe sells Guinness!
Me and Immy are up for this just starting her training plan
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Hi richpips - your lad was brilliant - did the chocolate cake get him up the old road & home?
did the chocolate cake get him up the old road & home?
Indeed it did.
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Which route a we thinking ?, my lads 8 !.
Choice of the trails - Monsal, High Peak, Woodhead, Tissington or something a bit bumpier?
Hi, Glenn here - think we met a few times on Monday Delamere Night Rides.
Lad of 12 and the good lady too probably OK for that, date is good just depends on route as he's never done more than a 2 or 3 hours, so keep me posted if you would. Ages since we've been out as a family so need the excuse.
Need to swap an on-call week at work but that's not normally hard. We should make it. Little one (7) probably won't make huge distance but will give it a good go. 11 year old capable of more but that includes more moaning.
I'll look at the map tomorrow, but given the min ages so far one of the trails as Rogerthecat suggested with an optional bit of the PBW maybe.
The Tissington is particularly child friendly, my lad rode there when he was 5. Cafes and very slight gradients.
Hi Glenn 🙂
Sounds good. If we're free my 8 & 11 year olds would be up for it I'm sure.
Much more likely to do the tissington than the broken road and i doubt the youngest would even try tbh.
Date looks good for us. Tissington sounds good. Done it few times. Could set off from Tissington & head up to the cafe where the High Peak joins, at least its all downhill coming back. I probably would take the Ute, so my youngest could climb on the back if he got too tired.
Ok folks, I have a plan of sorts and the ride will be based on the Tissington trail.
For those who don't know it, it's an old railway which is slightly downhill as you head south. No technical skills needed.
Most kids should be happy riding the uphill bits, and I know that the surface is suitable for towing a trailer.
Park up at Parsley Hey (Snack Bar).
Various options from there stamina dependant.
Out and back to Tissington snack bar for little ones(least steep section of the trail 1:263 iirc) 20 miles.
S on High Peak trail past Minniglow then towards Biggin, left to Tissington then back up Tissington Trail. ~26 miles
Have a scan of the map and let me know what you think.
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You could fit a tow rope to your bikes to assist the wee ones if they get tired.
Length of plastic conduit fixed to bike top tube, length of rope up the inside with a bungy cord to attach to kids bike. Works a treat 😆
Bump.
Sounds good Richpips.
We once did a big loop leaving the Tissington Trail at Tissington, & heading on lanes to Brassington to pick up the High Peak Trail. There were some steep road climbs, especially the one out of Brassington. My lads would probably prefer the Tissington option.
Sounds like a fun ride out, we'll be there. 😀
......There were some steep road climbs......
I'm hoping whatever we decide, it will be traffic free. Though if we use the High Peak Trail south there is a main road crossing.
20 Miles - half the forum cannot manage that and you want to take kids on it you monster
Mine have done 12 miles a couple of times not sure re that distance tbh - I will start the training plan with intervals later tonight 😉
20 Miles - half the forum cannot manage that and you want to take kids on it you monsterMine have done 12 miles a couple of times not sure re that distance tbh
The good thing about the out and back is that anyone can always turn back early. Plus there are lots of nearby roads, that we can go and get a car should the need arise.
Mine when they were 5 and 8 did P Hey to Ashbourne and back over a long but steady day one summer. 😆
I reckon that the kids out with other kids won't notice the distance. Maybe.
Tissington Trail sounds ideal. It would be the furthest my two had ever ridden!
I reckon that the kids out with other kids won't notice the distance. Maybe.
Hopefully!
Wonder if the weather will be as kind as the last time we rode the Tissington Trail... 😉
(That gradient is on a steep bit by the way). 🙂
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i'll be up for this not sure about my daughter but she's coming anyway 🙂
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For the Monday morning crowd. 🙂
Kids informed and think 20 miles will be easy - they never asked how far they had ridden before and its time to teach them the just round the next corner answer for how far to go ...next year it will be just over the last hill
hope we get some nice weather
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hope we get some nice weather
The Tissington trail in not so nice weather.
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they will ride in bad weather - they know this allows them to say they are proper MTB ers and not just pretenders.
i think they like the mud as well
Bumpity-bump now that we are into March.
As its a bit further than my kids are used to riding I am going to get them to do it as a sponsored bike ride for Comic Relief!
Bumpy type reminder.
17th March 10am Parsley Hey Car Park.
All welcome.
I might well be up for this. Is the route ok for a trailerbike tagalong thingy? My lad's only four and only just got the hang of pedalling, so a 20-miler is likely to be a bit of a stretch under his own steam...
Yep, tag along or trailers no problem. It's a smooth and wide trail with no tech stuff.
Sounds grand. 🙂
Is that 10am meet, or 10am ready to ride?
Will be keeping an eye on the weather forecast..
Unless its stupid cold / torrentialy wet, I shall be there, with the cargo bike & my two lads, age 5 & 7. Look out for a big daft Kona Ute & excited offspring.
Sounds good, will run it past my two boys (8&9) - be good for them to know they arent alone in being taken on long rides.
Unfortunately I am out Sorry all was really looking fwd to a dad and lad group
Is there a problem with mums and or girls going? I didnt realise it was just aimed at dads and lads?
Unfortunately my boys dad has no interest in bikes so they only get to ride with me
@adjustablewench - the title is Parents and kids
I'll be there (unless the weather is looking shockingly bad) with my 2 girls 10 & 9.
Look out for a green Kona and 2 slightly reluctant, but-coming-round-to- the-idea-of-a-long-bike-ride offspring
apologies and fair point it just rhymed and I did not mean it to sound as it did or that it was excluding females
Sits on naughty step and considers what he has done
Again
Sorry
richpips...
So, are we all riding just the Tissington out - Tissington back route...?
(ie: Anyone looping via the High Peak ?)
Just wondering if I might (at this ridiculously late stage) suggest riding out from, & back to Tissington, as the finish would be pretty much a gentle 10 miles downhill.
(5 & 7yr old tired legs...) 😕
(Also, from what I remember Tissington is just an ice-cream / tea & coffee hatch).
Feel free to tell me to guff awf. 🙂
Sorry I have been silently following the post along and cant make this weekend as it is the mother in laws 80th and apparently my presence is required,
Any one fancy another go later in the spring/summer ?
Yep, I'm in a similar boat in that me and mine were well up for this in principle but the date doesn't work with other commitments now. I'd be up for another one, another time.
Parent and kids ride? I'm keen, but not sure my dad will be, he's got dodgy joints and doesn't have a bike..
@junkyard no worries I was just checking 🙂
My boys are up for it - as long as its not as muddy as the 20 miles they did a couple of weeks ago . . .
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Cant see what they were complaining about myself 😀
richpips...So, are we all riding just the Tissington out - Tissington back route...?
(ie: Anyone looping via the High Peak ?)Just wondering if I might (at this ridiculously late stage) suggest riding out from, & back to Tissington, as the finish would be pretty much a gentle 10 miles downhill.
(5 & 7yr old tired legs...)(Also, from what I remember Tissington is just an ice-cream / tea & coffee hatch).
Feel free to tell me to guff awf.
Let's see who turns up on the day I reckon.
If there are just a few of us we'll default to the rider of least ability.
I'm hoping there'll be enough folk for an easy and not quite so easy group.
Oh and Mothers are welcome hence the post title. 🙂
I'd just planned to do the out-and-back with my 2.
Are we sticking to meeting at Parsley Hay?
Yep, Parsley Hey at 10am.
Latest weather forecast via the bbc is for Rain and a Temperature of 3 degrees.
I am tempted to postpone for another day.
What do you all reckon?
agreed - postpone it for a month or so - not really fair on the kids!
OK ride for Sunday is cancelled.
I've mailed those of you who have an email in your profile.
Good call Rich.
Be looking forward to the next chance we get.
Cheers.
Good call, the idea is to get them into riding after all and not to put them off 🙂
Good shout Rich, the younger ones need to have fun not endure hypothermia!
May see you in the Woodbine before next month.