Hann is not just nails!!! You've heard of Dutch courage???
Anyway, finally managed to get my leg slung over the new bike last saturday and got round a loop I have been coveting for a while. Starting and finishing in Monmouth, it was up to Hay on Wye the hard way (Garway and Craswall), over the Gospel Pass to Llantony and then back lanes to Abergavenny, up the Tumble and then the mountain road back to Llanover and lanes back to Monmouth.
77 miles, 7,750 feet of climb, 17% max gradient, 5% average (!!!) 6hrs 15. Temps in mid eighties, drank LOADS but still shed 5lb. Epic.