From Holme Moss on a butchers bike......
So it's done, nearly 4 and half years after I inched up the nearest climb to my house, Holme Moss, with my trusty Trek FX hybrid, complete with baggy shorts rack and a pannier. Little did I know that Mr Simon Warrens masterpiece of a book would lead to John O Groats to Land's End, the Etape du Tour, Ireland end to end, over £20k raised for charity and 6 inches off my waistline! It all started when I read an article in the now defunct (and much missed) Cycling Active magazine about one of the female contributors joining a trip up the Cat n Fiddle making much reference to this little book with 100 of the toughest climbs in the UK. A quick google later and 8 quid or so for the book to be delivered was to be the best £8 I've ever spent. (although it wouldn't be the end of the spending by the end of the project...see below!) I had driven over Holme Moss numerous times before but with a steady 5/10 score in the book I asked myself how hard could it actually be?! What