Also you've got to give way at the Pilgrims Way junctions. Don't forget Chalkpit Hill but I reckon
the mother of all hills is York's Hill (up from Bough Beech Reservoir, west of Sevenoaks)
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>>>>>>Also, DB isn't a straight long steep slope - it's a series of 'steps', so you will get the
>>>>>>chance to 'rest' in between the more strenuous bursts of efforts you use in getting up the
>>>>>>steeper bits. And even then, at its steepest, I don't think it's more than 18% - and even
>>>>>>then, it's only that for a short section. So yes - it's really much bark but little bite. If
>>>>>>you want a *real* hill, try Titsey Hill in the North Downs.
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>>>>>I've not tried Titsey Hill . (Its just West of where I normally come
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>>>>>I'll extend my route a few km's, to give it a look the easy way ).
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>>>>>I can remember finding a road near there call (I think?) Succombs
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>>hill
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>>>>>which I found difficult to walk up, let alone ride .
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>>>>Ah. Succombs Hill - at 25%, that's the steepest hill I know of near the London area. I was only
>>>>able to make it up the hill on my bike after two unsuccessful attempts. The only reason I
>>>>mention Titsey ahead of Succombs is because Titsey is longer.
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>>>>If you do try Titsey Hill, the major irritant is that cars tend to drive very close to you
>>>>because no overtaking is allowed.
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>>>>Out of curiosity, where do you come down the Downs?
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>>>Recently I have been coming down Sundridge Hill (few cars, but slow), not because its good to
>>>come down but because it suits the rest of my cicuit, I go back home up a very easy route (with
>>>virtually no cars) in the east past Shoreham called Chelsfield lane.
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>>When you say it's 'slow', what do you mean? I thought that all the lanes east of Westerham Hill
>>(Hogtrough, Brasted, Sundridge Hills) were all 'single arrow' hills and therefore guaranteed a
>>fast downhill run... or do you mean it's too twisty and narrow to go fast?
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> Yep, too narrow, too twisty, too steep, I couldn't stop if anything was coming from the opposite
> directions, so its full on the brakes.
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>>Akin
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