Challenge accepted!!

A conversation in work went along the lines:
I wonder if I can get up that hill and back in a lunch break.
No way, that'll take hours.
Oh I don't know, I think it should be possible.
No way, I bet you anything you can't.
Challenge accepted!

So, one evening when my ribs feel a bit better I'll do a test run up it.

Another recent development is the realisation that I could still do some tarmac rides while I nurse my rib cage back to health. So, on Saturday I did a test ride to work and back. It was fine, 9.75 miles in a hour dead. So last night I put the old Marigold Acnes back on (because they'll roll better than the Maxxis' on tarmac) and this morning I'll take a kit bag to work. Tomorrow, if the weather's OK-ish, I cycle to work.