Boys in the wood: family mountain biking in the Sussex forest

Whizzing deep into the forest with an experienced guide is a lot more fun for these young lads than cycling round their local park
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‘Was he as tall as that tree?” asked my wide-eyed seven-year-old, his imagination on overdrive as he pointed to an ash tree at least eight storeys high.

“Hmm, a bit less than that,” answered our guide, who was fielding questions from my kids about the time he faced a grizzly bear on a mountain-bike trail in Canada.