| Finding great mountain bike trails that are suitable for | | | | less arduous mountain biking experience for all the |
| families might at first appear daunting, however, there | | | | family. Visit places such as Keilder Water in the North |
| are plenty of places where mountain biking can be fun | | | | of England, the Forest of Dean and Alice Holt in the |
| and challenging but without the dangers that many | | | | South of England, or Delamere in Cheshire. |
| professional mountain bike riders take when competing | | | | Many of these sites are geared up for families who |
| or searching out yet more difficult trails. | | | | want to take their mountain bikes on holiday with them, |
| The first port of call for mountain bike family holidays | | | | and offer a range of facilities including toilets, bike hire |
| would be to check out the UK's National Parks. The | | | | as well as a place to find hot and cold refreshments - |
| New forest, the Norfolk Broads, the South | | | | such as the Cannop Cycle Centre in the Forest of |
| Pembrokeshire Coast and the South Downs are | | | | Dean. |
| beautiful but relatively family friendly when it comes to | | | | Of course, it's important to know where you're going |
| mountain biking. The countryside is less dramatic in | | | | when mountain biking with your family, and many |
| terms of sheer cliffs and mountain faces, with gentler | | | | managed sites such as those offered by the Forestry |
| slopes and more subtle and picturesque countryside. | | | | Commission will provide signposting and trail maps at |
| Secondly, families could consider taking their bikes to | | | | relevant locations. To make life even easier, biking sites |
| one of the many Forestry Commission owned | | | | like these will have surfaced paths - making the biking |
| woodlands, forests and reservoirs, where tracks are | | | | experience available to younger children and first-time |
| visible and easily navigable, again providing a safe and | | | | novices. |