Ghost riders
The Nic O Balloch is a climb tucked into the folds of the ‘Ayrshire Alps’, miles away from the nearest main road or phone signal. Porridge Pot is a farmyard in Essex prone to becoming a mudbath after heavy rain.
Their names may not have quite the same resonance as Alpe d’Huez or Angliru, but there was a time when these locations regularly hosted some of the best riders in the world and echoed to the
