THE HUB, REDBOURN
ompact, laney and green, the Chiltern Hills are the day-ride haunt of many a Home Counties cyclist. At its north end in the well-to-do triangle of St Albans–Hemel Hempstead–Harpenden, is a cosy bike
The Route
● Jebel Hafeet might be the mountain you’re most familiar with from the UAE Tour, but the longer, if less steep, ascent up Jebel Jais in the north-western Hajar Range offers even better climbing. The 35.1km three-lane road snakes through a lunar land
