Just back from holiday in Cornwall. Plenty of fun time with the family, bad food and too many cakes. There was only a little bit of bike riding, the best being a jaunt down the Camel Trail from Wadebridge to Padstow (now known as the Rick Stein Corporate Theme Park), Sam (4) went on a tagalong bike, towed by mum, and Beth (2) went in the Burley trailer (towed by me). It's only about 7 miles, flat and traffic free, but pretty full of numpty bike riding hazards on hire bikes, swerving in a random manner, so it's not without interest.

The scenery is gorgeous, the trail is flanked by the Camel estuary all the way, and although this was the 3rd time we've done this ride, we were blown away by how beautiful it is. Definitely a recommended family day out, and Rick Stein's chippy does the best fish and chips ever.

I did get out for a few hours on the road bike one morning, slogging my way around some of the precipitous lanes of the north Cornwall coast. These roads are steep. The hills might be short, a few hundred feet climbed at most, but 1 in 5 is pretty common, and gravel, potholes and grass growing down the middle is the norm. Great riding if you must ride on the road. No appreciable mountain biking nearby as far as I could tell.