OUTDOOR fitness equipment located around Tavistock's Meadows was officially opened last Thursday.
Ten pieces of 'get fit' appliances, fully installed towards the end of August, can now be used for free by the public.
The 'trim trail' has already gone down a storm with many adults and children — even local schools are incorporating the pieces of equipment into their lessons.
Year 6 children from Whitchurch Primary School were in the Meadows when the trail was being launched, as part of their physics lesson.
The trim trail includes a ski-stepper, mini-ski, pull-down challenger, sit-up bench, health-walker, waist-twister, leg-stretch, power-push, parallel rails and a push hand machine. They are aimed at adults and teenage children.
Perhaps used in conjunction with a gentle jog around the Meadows' paths, the trail equipment can provide high-energy challenges, develop co-ordination skills, and allow exercise while having fun.
Pictured left to right with children from Whitchurch Primary are: Anna Kelly from the Walk and Talk group; Hannah Colson, sports development office for West Devon Borough Council; Kate Wright, project activator from the 5x30 project; Chris Jenkins, Tavistock Town councillor, Ken Sedgman, deputy works superintendent for the town council, and Robin and Diana Pike, Tavistock's mayor and mayoress.