Limeburn Hill
Follows the B3114 from GR 561632 to 563660
Ascent: 149m Horizontal Distance: 2.4km Category: 3
Starting from the roundabout where the B3114 crosses the B3130 there's a short drop down to a bridge but from there the work begins. I passed some poor soul pushing his bike expensive bike within the first few hundred metres - to be fair I was on the smallest of my three chain rings. 5 or 600m in and the road eases though and a steady rhythm gets you through that middle section relatively easily but, turning north as you pass the junction with the road down to Chew Magna, the
rest of the real challenge comes into view. As the cross-section shows, there's a brief but serious pull through some pleasant open farmland before rounding the top bend at Elton Farm throws you back onto flattening terrain and allows easier breathing.
Overview: Pretty good hill this with a decent road surface - though unfortunately much of the surrounding tarmac if pretty rough. Come on BANES - do some re-surfacing!
Follows the B3114 from GR 561632 to 563660
Ascent: 149m Horizontal Distance: 2.4km Category: 3
Starting from the roundabout where the B3114 crosses the B3130 there's a short drop down to a bridge but from there the work begins. I passed some poor soul pushing his bike expensive bike within the first few hundred metres - to be fair I was on the smallest of my three chain rings. 5 or 600m in and the road eases though and a steady rhythm gets you through that middle section relatively easily but, turning north as you pass the junction with the road down to Chew Magna, the
rest of the real challenge comes into view. As the cross-section shows, there's a brief but serious pull through some pleasant open farmland before rounding the top bend at Elton Farm throws you back onto flattening terrain and allows easier breathing.
Overview: Pretty good hill this with a decent road surface - though unfortunately much of the surrounding tarmac if pretty rough. Come on BANES - do some re-surfacing!
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