What a beautiful day…..the ‘rumble’ was a great ride - thanks to the weather and the north yorkshire moors. If only the ascends were a little bit more compasionable - 4 major climbs today: Boltby Bank, Blakey Bank, Caper Hill and the terrifying Rosedale Chimney. All were over 20% and long, with the Chimney as an exception, this was 1:3 ! I managed to cycle all of them but had to walk for a couple of hundred yards on the Rosedale Chimney (yes, I confess…) as I wasn’t making any speed, just pulling up my front wheel - this is equal to human torture. Besides these four major climbs, the ride was rolling pleasantly up and down with a total of just over 3100 meters climbing. It wasn’t too busy (or I just didn’t see too many other riders) which made getting refueled at the feed stations a bit easier, with still plenty of choice. The organisation was really superb. Did the 180 km in 7 hrs 39, which is better than what I went for (my aim was to get in around 8 hours). The ride is certainly commendable for everyone who wants to try out steep steep climbs.