Lye Hole to Row of Ashes Farm
GR 501623 to 519634
Height Gain: 103m Horizontal Distance: 2.5km Category: 4
You might take this climb in as part of a west-east ride across the area where you are looking to avoid the built up nature of Bristol, and traffic in general, or possibly as a way of getting up to Bristol Airport from the south avoiding potential death by speeding drivers on the A38 up Red Hill. Whichever, this is the epitomy of a quiet road, or as it was when we did, uphill canoe track! The map shows the general location.
We'd arrived from Wrington via Long Lane so, once the A38 was crossed we'd to drop down to Lyehole Farm. In the dry this might be a rapid descent, in the wet it was technical - one to avoid losing the back wheel and or sliding into the hedge or an on-coming car. Fortunately there were no cars.
Sutton Lane is also very narrow. It shows the lack of wear up the middle caused by there being only room for one car - anywhere. There's a 1 in 9 section close to the bottom, straight so you can see what you're in for but the top of it, which threatens more steepness eases off. The next half a kilometre is fairly easy, though still narrow, before a further steep section just after another little road goes off right. This bit is about 1 in 8 but looks worse as you approach it - "Oh heck - there's a wall" being my son's response on seeing it - to be fair he was cycling without access to any back cog bigger than 16 teeth.
Once up this the work is more or less over. Turning left at the T-junction at the top of the steep stuff there's a further rise to Row of Ashes Farm, but nothing of significance.
Appraisal: Quieter than the A38, but definitely off the beaten path. The climb has enough challenge to make it worthwhile, though it's spread out enough that it's never going to 'get you'. All in all - classic Cat 4.
DP
GR 501623 to 519634
Height Gain: 103m Horizontal Distance: 2.5km Category: 4
You might take this climb in as part of a west-east ride across the area where you are looking to avoid the built up nature of Bristol, and traffic in general, or possibly as a way of getting up to Bristol Airport from the south avoiding potential death by speeding drivers on the A38 up Red Hill. Whichever, this is the epitomy of a quiet road, or as it was when we did, uphill canoe track! The map shows the general location.
We'd arrived from Wrington via Long Lane so, once the A38 was crossed we'd to drop down to Lyehole Farm. In the dry this might be a rapid descent, in the wet it was technical - one to avoid losing the back wheel and or sliding into the hedge or an on-coming car. Fortunately there were no cars.
Sutton Lane is also very narrow. It shows the lack of wear up the middle caused by there being only room for one car - anywhere. There's a 1 in 9 section close to the bottom, straight so you can see what you're in for but the top of it, which threatens more steepness eases off. The next half a kilometre is fairly easy, though still narrow, before a further steep section just after another little road goes off right. This bit is about 1 in 8 but looks worse as you approach it - "Oh heck - there's a wall" being my son's response on seeing it - to be fair he was cycling without access to any back cog bigger than 16 teeth.
Once up this the work is more or less over. Turning left at the T-junction at the top of the steep stuff there's a further rise to Row of Ashes Farm, but nothing of significance.
Appraisal: Quieter than the A38, but definitely off the beaten path. The climb has enough challenge to make it worthwhile, though it's spread out enough that it's never going to 'get you'. All in all - classic Cat 4.
DP
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