{"id":117,"date":"2020-01-15T19:16:51","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T19:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/?p=117"},"modified":"2020-01-15T19:32:50","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T19:32:50","slug":"the-rat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/?p=117","title":{"rendered":"The Rat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li>Wheelygood Rating: Easy\/Medium<\/li><li>Length: 0.27 miles<\/li><li>Avg. gradient: 12%<\/li><li>Strava Segment: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/3970153\">https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/3970153<\/a><\/li><li>Route:    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plotaroute.com\/route\/1003648\">https:\/\/www.plotaroute.com\/route\/1003648<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"405\" width=\"960\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/3970153\/embed\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Lurking near the bottom of the <a href=\"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/?p=112\">Vagabonds Hillclimb<\/a> is an even shorter, sharper, shock: The Rat, so called because it passes by The Rat Inn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a time, I&#8217;d recommend coming at this one from the Corbridge direction and (traffic permitting) getting a good run up.  It won&#8217;t last long, but you&#8217;ll feel better about it.  The road kicks up immediately into a double digit gradient which doesn&#8217;t relent until you get to the left hander at the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be aware that this is quite a narrow road and if there&#8217;s a car coming the other way, then there&#8217;s a decent chance you&#8217;ll have to stop and get out of its way unless, as I was, you&#8217;re lucky enough to meet it at the turn for Anick where there&#8217;s just that little bit more room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s no easy way to do this one, no cunning stunt which will magically reduce the required effort: you&#8217;ll need to just keep fighting against the curvature of spacetime until you get to the top, at which point you can relax and feel that you&#8217;ve achieved something.  Good effort!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If there are any other road climbs you&#8217;d like me to take on, the more ridiculous the better, then please send me a message on my FaceBook page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wheelygoodcycling\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wheelygoodcycling\/<\/a> or email me on <a href=\"mailto:wheelygoodmail@gmail.com\">wheelygoodmail@gmail.com<\/a> and let me know\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"The Rat\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_YTpvH03XzHs\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/YTpvH03XzHs\/maxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YTpvH03XzHs\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M18S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-01-15T19:19:24.000Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_YTpvH03XzHs\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/YTpvH03XzHs\/maxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">The Rat<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YTpvH03XzHs\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/YTpvH03XzHs\/0.jpg?resize=640%2C340&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Rat\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"A &#039;nice&#039; surprise for the middle of any ride - more information here: https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/?p=117 Strava Segment: https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/3970153 Route: https:\/\/www.plotaroute.com\/route\/1003648 Wheelygood Rating: Easy\/Medium Length: 0.27 miles Avg. gradient: 12%\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/?p=117\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Short and sharp, you said?  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