Motion in Mercia - hill recon. no 2

This is a slightly tricky one towards the end of Sunday's up coming Motion in Mercia sportive.

After Gleedon Hill (see below) you zip down to Buildwas then turn for Ironbridge - which is likely to be full of ice-cream eating tourists (plus sleeping policemen and slow cars) - you're basically cycling through a World Heritage Site. 

Then out past the town on what must be one of the weirdest bits of road - looks like a history of subsidence means there are all kinds of unexpected rises, falls and off-camber corners.

Further on, past the YHA on the right and over a narrow road bridge you come to this road junction and unsighted left turn - with a sharply rising gradient - so you start at zero mph and grind your way up the initial 16%

At 75 miles into the Motion in Mercia this Brockton climb will be the final challenge on Sunday.




After maybe 150m it smooths out a bit to 8% and heads up towards a cottage and left turning.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Be warned: the steepest bit is just around this corner here.  My Garmin went up to 19% - sorry no piccies of this bit - I was busy climbing it.
 
 
 
 
 
 


Very soon you are over the 19% and just past these buildings on the left its suddenly just 3% - but its a long drag all the way up this straight road to the actual top, and finishes on 5%
 
 
Good luck everyone!

 
 
Brockton profile - courtesy of Bikeroutetoaster.com