ROUGH CUT

Sam Jones and friends link Surrey’s two best-known road climbs, Box and Leith Hill, on a new, direct gravel route

Samuel Jones

Supping coffee at one of Guildford’s many upscale chain cafes, I looked out from under the shop’s awning at the unplanned rain lashing the streets. It was not an auspicious start to a 70km gravel ride in the Surrey Hills. Around me, my travelling companions for the day clearly felt the same. Hot drinks to hand, the collective opinion was to play “catch up” a bit later, once the rain had stopped or eased. Few things are more miserable than starting off a ride wet, and with our route linking two of Surrey’s most famous hills, Box and Leith Hill, off road, we wanted to at least start well. Connecting the two hills off-road was made possible in 2021, when, thanks to the vision of the Surrey Hills National Landscape,…

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Cycling Plus (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2024

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