Afternoon all,
having returned fairly recently from an incredible family holiday in Tuscany, with some road cycling thrown in, I'm totally smitten with long ascents in the region of 10-20km, and also love the descents.
I live however, in Berkshire, and aside from insanely steep and short climbs, there seems to be naff all around here that will satisfy my hunger.
I'm not very familiar with cycling locations/attractions elsewhere around this country, or in northern France come to that, so am wondering if anyone has suggestions for places in the UK I could potentially drive to to complete an interesting climb on a decent route, and or even into northern France, if I made a weekend of it, or took a day off or something.
I have a basic van, and have a single mattress thing, so could likely kip in that with my bike for company, but above all else am really looking for some location ideas, as currently just going out and riding the terrain around here is not inspiring me :-(
*I'll probably un-pause my Rouvy membership shortly, but it's not the same sensations (I don't currently have a device to lift the front of the bike either, though could add one to my kickr move), all be it a similar amount of work.
This is the kind of thing I am looking for, though I am ready to grudgingly accept that I may indeed be living in the wrong country.
Any experience, suggestions, gratefully received.
having returned fairly recently from an incredible family holiday in Tuscany, with some road cycling thrown in, I'm totally smitten with long ascents in the region of 10-20km, and also love the descents.
I live however, in Berkshire, and aside from insanely steep and short climbs, there seems to be naff all around here that will satisfy my hunger.
I'm not very familiar with cycling locations/attractions elsewhere around this country, or in northern France come to that, so am wondering if anyone has suggestions for places in the UK I could potentially drive to to complete an interesting climb on a decent route, and or even into northern France, if I made a weekend of it, or took a day off or something.
I have a basic van, and have a single mattress thing, so could likely kip in that with my bike for company, but above all else am really looking for some location ideas, as currently just going out and riding the terrain around here is not inspiring me :-(
*I'll probably un-pause my Rouvy membership shortly, but it's not the same sensations (I don't currently have a device to lift the front of the bike either, though could add one to my kickr move), all be it a similar amount of work.
This is the kind of thing I am looking for, though I am ready to grudgingly accept that I may indeed be living in the wrong country.
Any experience, suggestions, gratefully received.