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Took mum to the Newhaven / Seaford cycle path, it’s a nice wide path that should encourage Mum to get going 🙂

Mum started off wiht 1 scoot and got going until someone came from the other direction, where the usual stop and let them pass system kicked in.

However as she progressed she went way beyond previous rides, distance wise, both in total distance covered and distance actually ridden 🙂

Her confidence soared and soon she was passing by oncoming riders without stopping 🙂

There was only one stop on the way back, and she cannot be blamed for stopping when faced with a manic toddler who had a death wish !

Overall this ride was a total success 🙂

Went for another visit to Shoreham with mum, the idea being to see what improvements mum had made since the first visit.

From the outset it was evident (as mum had said) that she hadn’t been riding during the week, her confidence was low and it took some time to get her to start trying to ride the bike, and to get pedalling.

Eventaully she was pedalling, but would stop almost every time another ride approached (from either forward or back)

Heading out we managed to get her to complete .12 miles in one go, but coming back she improves, firstly to double that distance, then on a second go to treble it.

Unfortunately she did fall off on one occasion, fortunately without hurting herself.

This was a short trip, but that was all her legs could manage.

Yep, it’s another ride by mum following on from her Shoreham attempts there was this:

Near mum’s home there are some cycle tracks, so we used these for today’s ride.

Unlike Shoreham these are not level with undulations to teach use of the gears and make you work.

Mum did far better than shoreham, I was proud of her, she knew she had improved and it showed.

Here’s the video of her http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwYJOJiyFpk

and below is the map

Today was a couple of short trips at Shoreham with Mum, trying to ride again after years of not using the bike.

The aim being to give her some gentle riding and build her confidence

At the second attempt she did manage some pedalling (she needed some better shoes and the saddle rising slightly – the arrows on the map show where she changed)

Have to say it was fun trying to get both bikes on the carrier, but we got there, ok so 1.27 is not the greatest distance I have travelled but for mum it was good to see her mobile again.

It’s early days but I can see her improving as she get’sused to the bike again.