Gradients

[Steve kay]

And today's first message from Wales, naturally claims that the road in Dunedin is a blatant forgery and involved jacks and Acrow props, and possibly oak wedges as well. Harlech's Fford Pen Llech has often been acclaimed as the steepest public road, and will one day be returned to that place of honour. Certainly here in South Wales the Valleys provide a splendid range of very steep hills, made more character forming by the reduction to virtual single width by parked cars. I have demonstrated the "side of a house" capacity of the Ruby's bottom gear by ascending Coed Road at Blaenavon. I would never dream of descending it, unless I was lowered by another forumist, and we then photoshopped the safety rope out of the image before posting it.