Reading Cycling Club

Rod MacFadyen was Richard Skinner's guest on BBC Radio Berkshire back in December 2007, talking about cycling and fitness. Thanks to some audio wizardry by Colin Bates, you can listen for yourselves how the conversation went.

"Bealach-na-Ba (Pass of the Cattle) is the UK’s biggest road climb. It rises from sea level to 626m altitude
in 10km. You’re unlikely to have ridden it because it’s set in a remote part of the West Highlands, the
Applecross Peninsula, so it’s very beautiful but also difficult to get to. I managed to sneak a trip up the
Bealach in June when I was on holiday. I appreciated the chance to ride the nearest thing we have to a
proper Alpine col..."