Hill-climbing
I'd meant to get off early this morning and do as a long a ride as I could manage and still get back for the rugby. I got up early as I had to take my wife to college this morning. Unfortunately, when I got back from that I felt queasy and it was about 10.00 before I got off. I decided to go towards Caerffili up the 1:50 and then come back via Castell Coch.
As one turns off the railway line track for Castell Coch one is met by a steep ascent of maybe 20m and than another one so the introduction is quite stiff but I managed it. There's then a nice run through rural surroundings in which one loses most of that hard won height. Then the real fun starts, it's long rather than steep and quite slippery today. I walked about half of it I suppose and walked down the other side too as it is extremely steep and and narrow and bumpy and a mistake could be disastrous!