Oxnop Scar in between Buttertubs Pass - in both directions. Both have 25% sctions which always concentrates the mind: 3200' in 24 miles.
I waited until I got home before again watching youtube of the Tour de France going up Buttertubs. There were fewer spectators watching my efforts - but it was quite hot to be out waiting in the sun.
you must have been up early Graham
Richard Taylor
"William Tell could take an apple off your head. Taylor could take out a processed pea."
Sid Waddell