A Ride down Buttertub Passs

April 22, 2026

Lovely scenery and some steep hills (max of about 17%) characterise this ride from. the Hawes Caravan and Motorhome Site. I was intending to do down the other side and then back over the whole pass but the battery in the gear changer went flat and so I was stuck in first gear for the latter part of the of the climb and all the way back. Quite embarrasing riding in first gear on the flat!

The route was:

I recorded a video of the descent. Since I was going very slowly at some points I just uploaded the faster part: https://youtu.be/WLf22mMNoVg

I would definitely intend to do the full route at some point in the future and have ordered a spare battery!