Got a Hill to Climb. After spending six weeks in the USA, as part of my PhD, I returned to England at the start of July without any real purpose on the bicycle.

A chronicle of my cycling adventures in different countries around the world. I was more keen than ever to climb steep roads. And while I was still wondering when the challenge would start, we turned around a corner, a rock face and a crest and, there it was, the first of the.

Minimum Safe Passing Distance Petition. The metallic blue Subaru swooshed pass me with only centimetres to spare. I was only 5km away from home and was shaken. The tuned car had a big WRX sticker and tinted windows. 500 m further down the road was a red traffic light and when I rolled alongside the stationary car that had almost taken me out, I swallowed hard before knocking at the passenger window, fully arming myself against an argument with a young male driver.