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@jonny
tika, if you are waiting on a 6-speed corn-on-the-cob job you might be better off fixed. the climbs are mainly shallow but leg-sapping with a couple of ramps here and there.
'honest' i believe came from something i may or may not have said about alpe d'huez. it was a brutal climb on a stifling day when clintsmoker and i tackled it. little could be said in its favour. however, i did think it was 'honest'. unrelenting and set. truthful. perhaps a climb that makes you discover something about yourself. perhaps just consistent. the surrey hills share that quality, though it is not lost on me that 'honest' is now used euphemistically. if there is such a word.
come along next tuesday and find out. noone gets left behind on the TNRC