It's 32 years since we were last at Centre Parks in Sherwood Forest with our then 8 year old daughter but with a new generation of Grandchildren to holiday with, we find ourselves here once again.
The basic concept has stayed the same, chalets in a forest for staying in and car-free woodland roads for cycling on. A simpler life, which feels safer, but unfortunately costs a packet.
If you can ignore the fleeting notion that you're in the Truman Show or Westworld, there is something here in this concept. There's no doubt in my mind that a car-free village like this is a helluva lot of fun for families, you g and old alike. The cycling alone is so refreshingly easy and if you're like me, a complete novelty, as I retired from cycling with a Raleigh Chopper in the mid-1970's!
Maybe there's a future somewhere, sometime, where towns are much smaller, everyone leaves there vehicles at the perimeter in vast car parks and cycles to and from home on car-free streets.
Have you been to Centre Parcs or a Forest village resort!
