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What hills?

I live in a flat part of the country.  In August I borrowed a potty from someone who lives 2 villages away for my grandson so I thought I had better return it.  On my bicycle of course.  Why is it that when driving a car all the roads seem to be flat and level but as soon as you get on a bike they take on similarities to climbing Everest?  It took an hour to get there and they weren't even in but at least the ride back was mainly downhill.

I used to live in Ventnor on the Isle of Wight where all the roads are steep and there are hundreds of steps to climb.  One day when I was walking the dog I came across a couple of young people, probably about 18 or 19 years old.  The girl was wearing high heel shoes and was standing at the bottom of very steep steps.  'Oh no,' she said, 'not another bleeding 'ill.'

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