trustysteed
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Here's a picture of mine.
Anybody from Bristol will probably know the big yellow house on the hill by the M32, the one that used to be a mental hospital but is now flats. This climb goes past that on a tarred path through the fields. You start the climb just to the left of the F of Frenchay Park Road at the bottom of the picture in the middle. You can see the path heading north under the M32 and then you take the right fork, and head up to the top.
It's about 1km long, starts off gentle, has a nasty little kick just after the right fork, then does an even climb for about 400m before ramping up a bit steeper for 150m. Then near the top, it becomes a nasty little steep climb for 50 yards followed by 3 small switchbacks you can see just before it comes out on Jellicoe Avenue. I then head right to Coldharbour lane and go south to Frenchay Park Road and back to the climb.
I've managed 10 times in one session before but usually do 5. Due to the big yellow house and the switchbacks, I call it House d'Huez!
Anybody else got a favourite hill to look at?
I've managed this 10 times in one session
Anybody from Bristol will probably know the big yellow house on the hill by the M32, the one that used to be a mental hospital but is now flats. This climb goes past that on a tarred path through the fields. You start the climb just to the left of the F of Frenchay Park Road at the bottom of the picture in the middle. You can see the path heading north under the M32 and then you take the right fork, and head up to the top.
It's about 1km long, starts off gentle, has a nasty little kick just after the right fork, then does an even climb for about 400m before ramping up a bit steeper for 150m. Then near the top, it becomes a nasty little steep climb for 50 yards followed by 3 small switchbacks you can see just before it comes out on Jellicoe Avenue. I then head right to Coldharbour lane and go south to Frenchay Park Road and back to the climb.
I've managed 10 times in one session before but usually do 5. Due to the big yellow house and the switchbacks, I call it House d'Huez!
Anybody else got a favourite hill to look at?
I've managed this 10 times in one session