My uphill/downhill speed is about half a mile an hour so you're not doing so bad Rob
At least you have (reasonably) easy access to hills. I don't
Flat speed locally is about 3mph.
Undulating ground averages at about 1.5 to 2.5mph.
I stop... a LOT ... to get my breath, erm, sorry, admire the scenery
On the plus side, my leg muscles seem to have got more conditioned to steep hills and are usually fine again the next day (as opposed to my first ascent up Catbells when it took me about a week to recover
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Can I make a suggestion? One day in the not too distant future, go back and have another go at your Latrigg route. See if you find it any easier
(I bet you do
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Then, your mission, if you decide to accept it, is to tackle Loughrigg