-Mountainbiking article from the Guardian- Unfortunately, our brimming enthusiasm was dented by the initial ascent, which took place up Quarry Hill, a vertiginous slog that even the guides regarded with thinly veiled contempt. We were told that we "shouldn't be ashamed to walk it", *to us as unnecessary an instruction as you'd give to someone at the bottom of 25 flights of stairs on a unicycle.*
Usually I enjoy mentions like this for the opportunity put the record straight; but in this case I admit defeat. 25 flights of steps would take *ages*...
The rest of the article is 'here' (http://tinyurl.com/5hbtu), about mountainbiking on the Quantock Hills, Somerset. It sounds like the bike version of a muni weekend; it even mentions tea rooms... 🙂
