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First control at 50km at an airfield
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Starting the climbing
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This is what I came for - amazing valleys and roads
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This was going to get a whole lot tougher from here in
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From the Devil's Staircase checkpoint looking back down
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Riders starting to look a little shell shocked - the worst was yet to come
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First chap through - rather fast!
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EPO
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The famous post box and phone box in the middle of nowhere
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Shobden airfield control
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Huge baked bean tins - signs that audaxers are near!
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Old mining buildings
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Mining and quarrying have made this area very brutal
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Looking down the Elan Valley
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Nearly at the top of the Elan Valley