What have you done today with your Austin Seven

[David Stepney]

I think the period shot of a Chummy in Wales is on Bwlch-y-Groes, a well known test hill that featured in many pre-war reliability trials.    Sad to relate it is a road I have never driven over but one that is on my bucket list.

 
Its the drop into the Dyfi Valley that's the real killer Once you are over the top and past the turning for LLyn Efyrnwy, the road descends sharply (the sign says 17 1/2% but I am sure it is steeper than that!) for about a mile and a half. Even in a modern car, you can end up with no brakes at the bottom. I haven't had the courage to descend it in the Seven, but I have climbed it from the LLan Mawddwy direction and it was bottom gear all the way up! It was at night and at first I thought it was a bit foggy at the top until I realised that the 'fog' was coming from the radiator cap!

I had to get the then girlfriend to get out on the ascent. And walk up. She is now the wife

That's what I would call True Love! I trust your lady wife has not found it all uphill since.