Morning all,
This summer, we went camping in Cornwall. It was a good holiday, with plenty for the kids to do, and plenty of trails to keep us amused at Llanhydrock and in Cardinham Woods.
The downside, however, was the Cornish weather! To that end, we’re thinking of going back to France next year, which is where the conundrum arises! Much as I’d like to take the family to the Alps, my wife’s eyesight is buggered, so she can no longer drive, and with kids of 13, 10 & 8, long car journeys would be unpleasant enough even if I didn’t have to do all the driving!
So…. Can anyone recommend a location with decent Singletrack somewhere within around 5-6 hours of one of the French ferry ports? Coastal would be a nice to have if possible, but wherever it is, it does need to have more than just biking, as my wife and daughter are distinctly less into biking!
Being able to nominate a decent camping/glamping site nearby would win massive extra kudos points, especially if it has a decent pool with slides and the like! 🙂
I speak fluent French, so thought this would be easy enough to find, but I’d forgotten that most of the French internet appears to have been written in about 1992 by people who wished it was still 1952! I’ve found a couple of sites that give the appearance of having colour graded trails, but I can’t figure out whether it’s grading for technical difficulty, or just the physical exertion required ro get round a non-technical loop….
It also takes something like this to remind you that whenever anyone whines about Britain not being great at anything any more, you can utterly destroy their argument with three words….. Ordnance Survey Maps!! Simply the best maps in the word by a country mile!
