Brutal Hills

[Elsa Scammell]

I came across this subject very recently on a web site; although I never cycled, I walked, 50 years
ago, and I "collected" steep roads.

I have Nailsworth Ladder set as Wallpaper; I ran /down/ it many times. Now I am old, ill and
disabled, I cherish the memories, and I would like to ask a few questions:

1. Has anyone a picture of the now steepest recorded hill in England, i.e. Minfordd, Harlech ? It
is not illustrated on the web site. Vale Street in Bristol at one time occupied that place, and
I remember going up and down that, and talking to the people living there and I have pictures
of the road.

2. An old illustrated AA road Book mentioned Staintondale, with a sketch, and its gradient
below 1 in 2 (I haven't the book now). I would very much appreciate details of that (if it
is still there) !!

Please let me know if you require any settlement or acknowledgement.

Many thanks,

Elsa Scammell

 

[Just Zis Guy]

On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 18:11 +0100 (BST), [email protected] (Elsa Scammell) wrote:

>steepest recorded hill in England, i.e. Minfordd, Harlech

I'd love to see the pics, I love the area, but AFAIR Harlech is more in Wales than in England...

Guy
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[Elsa Scammell]

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Just zis Guy, you
know?) wrote:

> On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 18:11 +0100 (BST), [email protected] (Elsa Scammell) wrote:
>
> >steepest recorded hill in England, i.e. Minfordd, Harlech
>
> I'd love to see the pics, I love the area, but AFAIR Harlech is more in Wales than in England...
>
> Guy
> ===
> ** WARNING ** This posting may contain traces of irony. http://www.chapmancentral.com Advance
> notice: ADSL service in process of transfer to a new ISP. Obviously there will be a week of
> downtime between the engineer removing the BT service and the same engineer connecting the same
> equipment on the same line in the same exchange and billing it to the new ISP.
>
Sorry; slip of the finger; I /had/ actually searched the web sites for Welsh items; hills in
Scotland, too. I'd love to see the pictures, as I have indicated; the chap who referred to this
particular Harlech road does not seem to be accessible by e-mail.

Elsa

 

[Richard J Webb]

On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 19:07:16 +0100, "Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 18:11 +0100 (BST), [email protected] (Elsa Scammell) wrote:
>
>>steepest recorded hill in England, i.e. Minfordd, Harlech
>
>I'd love to see the pics, I love the area, but AFAIR Harlech is more in Wales than in England...
>
>Guy
>===

.. I thought I d let that one go..

And Ffordd Penllech is a damn sight easier to pronounce than all those English and Scottish place
names, that you have to question a local to find the true pronounciation.

Dont think I am going to ride it though

Richard Webb