{"id":311,"date":"2020-02-29T13:12:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T13:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/?p=311"},"modified":"2020-05-12T16:02:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T15:02:03","slug":"swineshaw-reservoir-simon-warren-cycling-climbs-of-the-north-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wheelygood.info\/?p=311","title":{"rendered":"Swineshaw Reservoir &#8211; Simon Warren Cycling Climbs of the North West"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li>S\/W Rating: 5\/10<\/li><li>Wheelygood Rating: Easy<\/li><li>Length: 0.77 miles<\/li><li>Avg. gradient: 7%<\/li><li>Category:    4<\/li><li>Strava Segment: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/19641676\">https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/19641676<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<iframe height='405' width='960' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' src='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/19641676\/embed'><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>This tale begins with a gate.  It&#8217;s important, because it means that you shouldn&#8217;t encounter any motor traffic on this particular climb, which is great.  Walkers and other cyclists, yes.  Possibly horse riders, but no cars or motorbikes.  In theory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s pretty benign, this one: in terms of its structure, it&#8217;s one, pretty linear, ramp.  Yes, there are some changes along the way, but it&#8217;s all pretty steady.  It&#8217;s even pretty sheltered up here with the wall and tree cover, so you shouldn&#8217;t be too inconvenienced by the weather!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right from the get-go, it pops up into the 7 or 8% range and stays there for the first third of the climb.  The only hazards that I could see are the odd bits of gravel and foliage which had washed onto the road as a result of the previous week&#8217;s weather, of which there&#8217;d been quite a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that you&#8217;re settled into things, the climb bites you just a little bit more by upping the gradient towards the teens.  It still doesn&#8217;t feel that tough, likely assisted by the generally smooth road surface, and I found that I could roll up here without huge amounts of effort.  You do start to lose some of the tree cover at this point, so it it&#8217;s windy then you&#8217;re likely to have a little bit of buffeting now and this will gently increase as you continue to gain altitude towards the top of the moorland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your reward for the completion of this, steeper, section is that the rest is much shallower &#8211; down as low as 3% in places.  You do get a sense of the height gained, though, because the moorland feels so much closer than it was before and you&#8217;re definitely into that exposed landscape.  On a good day, it&#8217;s a really nice bleak, if that makes any kind of sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;d advise keeping your eyes on the road, though, as there are two drainage channels towards the top which are angled across the road and will catch a front wheel and land you on the ground in a heap if you&#8217;re not paying attention.  You&#8217;ll also need to be aware of them on the way back down as this is very much an out-and-back road.  Once you&#8217;re here, though, it is really just a case of turning the pedals until the road runs out, at which point you can take a scenic photo, or two, of the reservoir before turning around and heading back to civilisation\u2026<\/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=\"Swineshaw Reservoir - Simon Warren Cycling Climbs of the North West\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_XMQv89EBOu8\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/XMQv89EBOu8\/maxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XMQv89EBOu8\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT7M42S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-02-13T16:50:31.000Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_XMQv89EBOu8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/XMQv89EBOu8\/maxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Swineshaw Reservoir - 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