Lough Key Forest Park Cycle Trail

Where: Boyle, Co Roscommon (8km)

Why: Lough Key Forest Park is a fab resource, with activities ranging from Zipit aerial adventures to a tree canopy walkway, adventure playground and segway tours. The 8km of traffic-free bike trails are suitable for families with kids, child seats or tag-a-longs, and a bike hire base (electricbiketrails.com) has regular and electric bikes as well as tandems, child seats and even rain ponchos in case of showers. There are no steep hills, a short loop on the lakeshore or a longer one heading into the woods. Watch out for the 250-year-old 'Big Tree' on the Bog Trail.

Trip notes: Visitors are limited to within 5km for now, but Lough Key looks forward to welcoming us in future. See loughkey.ie or facebook.com/loughkeyforestpark.

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