The sun is shining and you’re dying to get out on your bike and escape. Once, pre-baby, you would have done just that. Now with your bike trailer, there is nothing to stop you.

Each morning after baby’s lunch, I pack him into the trailer and we hit the road during his midday nap. I initially started riding at this time as we were having midday nap problems and I thought that putting the baby in the trailer and riding at nap time would solve the problem. It did more than that.

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Two hours riding through the rolling mountains with baby asleep behind me became the highlight of my day. Dripping sweat as I grind my way up cols, we roll through the automnal countryside, and discover little picnic tables where I stop to eat my sandwich and chill. Cycling is no longer somethiing I can do in the weekends when someone is looking after baby, but something we can do everyday, together.

Wherever I go with the trailer, people wave and smile and if we’re at a standstill, they’ll come over for a chat. ‘Are there two in there?’ they ask. I smile replying ‘no, only one, for the moment, though there is space for another’. It’s a positive experience being on the road with your baby. As passersby wish me courage for the climbs ahead I think of my friend at the traffic light, who I am sure would have enjoyed cycling with his kids in a trailer if he’d given it a try.