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What can I say about watery lane? It gets the climb up to the woods over and done with quickly, away from cars and mostly under a canopy of trees. Very hard to 'good heavens' to ride up. Rooty and rocky.

Always a good challenge and changes according to season and conditions. For me it is a slow plod with the aim of reaching the Beacon without stopping or dabbing. Tend not to come down this way as lots of horses and blind corners.

Far more terrifying than the first section up to Painswick Road. 400 metres of above 20% gradient "road", loose and mucky in places, which makes wide tyres and picking your line essential. The top does improve in surface quality though. I had to get out of the saddle to get up it even with a slightly less than 1:1 gear ratio - 32 front - 34 rear. This caused me a couple of wheel spins on my 40mm tyres, but I pushed through. A real test of character and an amazing sense of achievement when I got to the crossroad at the end of the steep stuff.

A lovely long bridal path winding down between farm fields. Some steeper rocky sections towards the top but then faster, and less steep further on down. Downhill makes you smile!

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Technical climb. Rocky, Rory and usually muddy!