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@jim1985
went out to surrey on a hill-climbing adventure on saturday. did a couple of loops that incorporated whitedown, leith hill, coldharbour lane, box hill and a new one i found (thanks to those '100 hardest cycling climb books) that is undoubtedly the hardest in the area...
For those that are interested, it's called barhatch lane and heads north out of cranleigh. starts deceptively easily, sharpens up to 20%, then eases off again, at which point you think the pain is over. then you turn a bit of a bend and you're faced with about 25% up to the summit. thought i was gonna fall off at the end.
box hill had been shut off by a cop car on my second loop as there had been a cyclist-related incident. hope he's ok.
then did about 60 miles around my trusty essex lanes today. punctured after about 8 miles and was in a foul mood as my hand pump falied to give me anything like a decent pressure. however, got up to the tea hut at high beach and spotted three burly MTBers with a truck and loads of gear - including a floor pump, which i purloined. they were very excited about getting covered in filth all morning. made me feel like a pit of a ponce with my pathetic little tyres and lycra get up.
good weekend's riding all in all.