| ou mad about cycling? Recent studies show that | | | | well-loved cycleway, which spans a wonderful |
| you are not alone. In fact, cycling is becoming | | | | piece of Cornish countryside over a distance of |
| increasingly popular in the UK, with Cornwall being | | | | 17 miles from Padstow to Poleys Bridge. With |
| named as one of the most idyllic places to | | | | approximately 350,000 users per year the Camel |
| experience a cycling holiday. So, why are so many | | | | Trail is loved by locals and holidaymakers alike as |
| people taking to two wheels? | | | | an idyllic way to appreciate Cornish beauty at its |
| The most obvious answer that springs to mind is | | | | best. Established as a cycleway in 2001, this |
| that people are cycling to keep fit and help the | | | | cycleway follows the path of a disused railway line |
| environment. A closer look, however, reveals | | | | which was built in 1834 and linked London to the |
| something else: an increase in cycleways and | | | | south west part of the country. |
| routes. Over the last decade people and charities | | | | Cyclists who are intending to use The Camel Trail |
| alike have been working hard to ensure that | | | | will find that they are able to hire their bikes from |
| Britain become a cycle-friendly nation. Not only | | | | a variety of cycle shops along the cycleway and |
| providing cycle lanes that run alongside roads but | | | | throughout the general area; including Padstow, |
| also traffic free cycleways. One of the most | | | | Wadebridge and Bodmin. From this wonderful |
| well-loved cycleways which has come to life in the | | | | cycleway you will be able to discover a whole |
| last few years is the Camel Trail in Cornwall. | | | | host of wildlife and enjoy the wonderful scenes as |
| The British countryside certainly doesn’t | | | | they unroll before your eyes. Furthermore, if you |
| get much more breathtaking than the wonderful | | | | choose The Camel Trail for your cycling holiday in |
| Cornish landscape and the Camel Trail presents | | | | Cornwall you will have the time to explore all the |
| the perfect place to begin an exploration of the | | | | little villages and towns along the way. |
| fruits Cornwall has to offer. The Camel Trail is a | | | | |