{"id":25654,"date":"2014-11-22T20:37:14","date_gmt":"2014-11-22T19:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/?p=25654"},"modified":"2014-11-25T08:12:54","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T07:12:54","slug":"family-loves-cycling-literally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2014\/11\/22\/family-loves-cycling-literally\/","title":{"rendered":"Family That Loves Cycling. Literally"},"content":{"rendered":"

In our search for cycling genes we visited Burton-in-Kendal in northern England. In the middle of the town lives Stuart Wickes and Kirstie Pelling, parents of three kids: Matthew, Cameron and Hannah. Together they travel around the world by bicycle and are living proof that love for cycling keeps a family close.
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\nThey\u2019re big fans of cycle touring as a clean, green way to travel and to experience the world. They have clocked up over 12,000 miles in last ten years together.<\/p>\n

\u201eFor our honeymoon I took Kirstie for six months for cycling in South America. I made a deal that when we had kids we would continue cycling with them. This is how our family cycling came about,\u201d says Stuart as we talk with the whole family at the sea beach.<\/p>\n

Since then they\u2019ve been cycling, sailing, canoeing, camper-vanning, eco-touring, road-tripping, railroading and backpacking as a family in places as diverse as New Zealand, Samoa, Japan, The Philippines, USA, Canada, Sweden, France, Spain, Holland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Aland, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and at home in the UK.<\/p>\n