hey everyone - another quick update on here. The summer is over and I'm towing Small Girl again. She will start school in a year's time and I am determined not to be part of the congestion around the local schools so am planning to become a more frequent trailer user in the meantime. She is so sweet, whenever I shortcut across a bit of green she shouts "Back on the road, Mummy!" In her nursery log-book one of the staff has written about how Small Girl told her that Mummy would come and collect her on the bike at lunchtime <3 Autumn has a strong foothold now and we are getting some very bumpy rides over paths carpeted with acorns and beech nuts.

The local schools that I've visited so far has been very positive about cycling there, and both have offered to provide space to store the trailer during the day if I don't want to tow it home and back empty, one also offered to store my bike as well! It has been very inspiring.