Nearly 300 bicyclists raised over $7,500 for the Mattapoisett Land Trust and the Friends of the Bike Path on Sunday.

The bikers were part of the second "Tour de Creme", a bicycle tour of nine different creameries in Mattapoisett, Rochester, Acushnet, Fairhaven and Freetown. The tour was split into four different rides - 11 miles, 19 miles, 25 miles and 55 miles.

The 11-mile and 19-mile rides meandered through Mattapoisett and Fairhaven. The 25 mile tour wound through Mattapoisett, Acushnet and Rochester, and the 50-mile tour reached all of those towns, plus Freetown.

"The 25-mile tour is the most popular overall, but the 11-mile ride has the most children, and the 50-mile ride is the most scenic," said event organizer Marc Anderson, himself a long-distance bicyclist.

Anderson developed the idea of a creamery tour several years ago. He joined forces with Mattapoisett Land Trust president Mike Huguenin and Friend's Bike Path president Bonne DeSousa to run the tour as a fundraiser for both organizations. The inaugural tour, held last year, attracted about 160 cyclists of all ages, and raised roughly $5,000.

All rides started and ended at the Mattapoisett Town Wharf. On the other side of the finish line was the Tour de Creme's "Waterfront Party", which featured food and drink provided by Oxford Creamery, the Seaport Slip and How On Earth. The Jeff Dunn Band also added to the ambiance, performing live music. Barley Wellness also offered massages for road-weary cyclists.

Cyclists weren't the only people involved in the tour. There were also dozens of volunteers along each route, including checkpoint staffers, photographers and the volunteers handing out ice cream samples.

The $7,500 raised will be split between the Mattapoisett Land Trust and the Friends of the Mattapoisett Bike Path.  The Friends of the Bike Path will use donations raised to help fund a 1/2 mile bike path connection to Marion. The Mattapoisett Land Trust plans to use their share to help finance conservation of the Old Hammond Quarry.