Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
I am ashamed to say that I have never been to the top of Breedon on the Hill; with all the quarrying, and half the hill missing, I assumed back then that there was no longer a road to the top.
It's an old Leicestershire tradition: if there's a hill that it is very prominent in the landscape, you get a quarrying company to remove half of it. Not just Breedon, but also Bardon Hill (highest hill in the county) and Croft Hill (not very big, but prominent in a flat part of the county)

Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
It's funny when you look back at it, but when you think about the logistics of cycling that distance, across four different counties, with no map, phone (it was 40 years ago) or navigation equipment, and on my own, it's hardly surprising I found my way to fell running in the end!
Similar to the way I used to ride in my teens. But my way of gradually increasing my mileage meant that I was only ever a short distance from known roads, so at junctions there would usually be a sign pointing to a village that I knew. I took a pump but I don't think I ever took any tools; but I never got stranded a long way from home.