Getting out and about with children is so important. Being outdoors, going on adventures and exploring your surroundings, not only is it great for moral but it can be educational as well as fun. This month, VTech shared with us their plan to get us all outdoors in celebration of their brand new VTech 5 in 1 Stroll and Grow Trike.
The trike grows with your child and is suitable from 9 months to 6 years, changing through each stage to suit with the help of the waterproof electronic activity panel which includes 4 modes of play as the user grows.
We were asked to go out on out adventures, using the VTech 5 in 1 Stroll and Grow Trike and then relay the route we took, in our favourite Yorkshire place, so VTech could create our Tour De Trike Route.
As someone who fairly regularly travels around West Yorkshire and loves exploring parks, we knew that Roundhay Park in Leeds would be suitable for our route.
Roundhay Park is one of the biggest city parks in Europe. It has more than 700 acres of parkland, lakes, woodland and gardens. As well as the walks and parks, there is also Tropical World there too which is one of the UK’s most popular garden tourist attractions and home to the largest collection of tropical plants outside Kew Gardens.
The park has so many beautiful sights and is the perfect place to go for a walk with the trike. The trike has the option of fixed front or swivel wheels so is perfect for any different terrains you are on. I found that locking the drifting rear wheels helped over more uneven ground and cobbles.
J loved to electronic panel and was singing along with it as we walked as well as pointing out things and people it was talking about. What I like about the trike is that, even though there are the 5 stages, you can alter these to fit your child and their needs.
Most of the time we used the fixed front wheel with the drifting wheels enabled so that it was easy for me to push around bends but what I also like was that I could click the pedals off so that J could still use them, but they weren’t constantly spinning.
If you’re ever in the Leeds area and want to check out a beautiful walk, the I highly recommend taking our Roundhay Park Route…
Hahrrr I love this and is so cool.
This is soooo great!
This looks lovely, we've had good weather too x
That looks like a great piece of kit, and the route sounds wonderful!
It looks like lots of fun. We got rid of Megan's as we weren't planning on having anymore children, then along came 6 month old Mollie so we will need to invest in a new one for her, she would love a girl version of this xXx
Love the colour of the trike
This looks great
Not been to Roundhay in years..need to take my little one. This Trike looks fab for my 14 month old to grow into. Great post, thanks!
Love them to go out and about without the pushchair
What a great investment apart from the wonderful fun and exercise. I like toys and gear like this that last for years rather than months.
It looks like a great bike! I've been to Roundhay Park for concerts, but never actually thought of going there just for a day out! Great idea, thanks!