Hi,

It's been a while since I've posted anything on this forum. You see, my wife and I love touring but we now have a son who is nearly three and another on the way. We look back fondly at our touring adventures and wonder when or if we can go again! Our son loves the bike trailer within reason, we even did an 80km ride with him in the trailer and had a great time. But generally we have become more timid of riding on the roads. Obviously we won't be touring in the next 18 months to 2 years, but we would like to do something after that. So, to give us some hope, here are two questions:

1. If you have toured with children 5 or younger, where did you tour? How far did you travel overall/per day? Did you enjoy it? Did your child/children enjoy themselves? Did you feel safe? Any ideas of good safe places to ride would be great!! We are thinking we may go to France in 2012 or 2013 but are not fixed on anything yet...

2. This one is for looking way into the future!!! Anyone got stories of touring with older children?