Trails in Limpsfield Chart were frustratingly muddy (as is the case anywhere in the uk really this time of year) but I found a few dry fun downhill runs through the pines.
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Beautiful bise (north wind) - mood on the Swiss side of Lake Constance. Beautiful distant view of the Vorarlberg Alps.
Today I took my Fatty on a tour along the lake to Romanshorn and then drove back home through the Romanshorn forest. It was 30-40 km with all the detours and now my legs are tired because it was the first long ride in about 3 or 4 months
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I grew up just down the road from there in Hurst Green. We often rode our bikes up on the Chart.
Nice. There’s quite a few decent trails around that way, just a matter of finding them. Unfortuantely, where I am in Ide Hill, the best trails locally, that have been built over the last 20 years or so, have all been bulldozed because the woodland is technically private land 
That looks fun!
This was not a long ride, but it was my first on the Torker giraffe. Those first few pedal strokes away from the fence were scary, but it was easy to ride once I got going.
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20km with a 24"? Didn’t your butt hurt after such a distance? What seat do you have?
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Is her left foot her dominant one, or can she mount with either of her feet?
I can only mount with my right, dominant foot. It’s a bit of a shame that I never learned to do otherwise.
Do you use the brake in this kind of slope or only your legs’ strength?
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No problems whatsoever during the 2 hour ride.
It’s a qu-ax standard seat but the main factor involved is the terrain.
In cross country riding you’re constantly shifting your weight and that keeps the blood flowing.
However 2 straight hours of on-road riding and it starts hurting.
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My longest ride on a 24" was 45km. But it was Muni and as mentioned, there is enough weight shifting. 20km on asphalt on a 24"? No way!
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Ah, yes, exactly. Precisely the reason for which I prefer a “hard” saddle for distance and a soft saddle for cross country/muni. Like many others I guess.
her and I are both right handed but left side dominant on a unicycle which I find interesting. She tries both sides but has limited success with the right foot
I too wish I would have practiced ambidextrous free mounting when I was first learning. I can mount with my weak side it’s just more awkward
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Are you going to (try to) teach her to be as comfortable as possible with both feet? I’ve heard that’s a real benefit later when you’re used to riding your unicycles.
Try to. I do not push her too much but i do make suggestions
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I ride every day 3 km to work with my 24". It’s goes asphalt. Normally I used my 36" for this but it’s a town and I hate to ride in the town with the 36". There are too many dangerous situation.
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I know I am not the original poster but FWIW, I have done these kinds of distances myself on a 24" on several occasions and do not recall it being particularly bad. I was just using a M4O comfort saddle (no handlbar). Here are a couple of examples of mine I quickly found on Strava
https://www.strava.com/activities/3942312044
- 24.24km / 15.06mi
- 431m / 1414ft (elevation/climbing)
- 1h 43m
- 14.1km/h / 8.8mph (avg. speed)
(Mostly road based).
https://www.strava.com/activities/3997686167
- 22.77km / 14.15mi
- 634m / 2080ft (elevation/climbing)
- 1h 47m
- 12.8km/h / 8mph (avg. speed)
(Entirely road based).
P.S. On that last one I had already been on two other rides (1, 2) already that day, also on a 24. In total (that day) I did 47.23km (29.35mi) with 1244 metres (4081ft) of elevation gain. I was in a kind of climbing frame of mind around then. 
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