Hello,

Happy Friday to you!

How lush has the weather been this week?! Frosty mornings and bright, beautiful sunshine. My partner and I had an unexpected morning to ourselves and went for a walk on the downs in the sunshine. As we walked we used a check in process that we’ve made a few tweaks to. Read on to find out more.

What We've Been Up to This Week

Developing Cycling Skills

A while back I heard about some free cycling training for home educated kids happening locally and I signed Iris up. Organised by Sustrans, the aim is to improve kids’ confidence on their bikes and/or get children cycling in the first place.

They’re offering an hour and a half of training once a week for the whole of March and the first session was great. Iris came on leaps and bounds in the lesson. It was great to watch the children who were learning to ride find their groove and take off across the tennis courts on two wheels. Here's some advice for getting started learning to ride.

We joined The Bike Club a couple of years ago – we pay a monthly subscription for a reconditioned bike which we can exchange when Iris grows out of it. No more sheds full of rusty grown-out-of bikes!