Gary Knight

My name is Gary Knight.

I'm the CEO of the Seven Foundation, which is a media nonprofit.

I'm also a very keen amateur cyclist.

The thing that we're looking for the most are really steep climbs, incredible views and sort of mythological rides.

We got up very early, drove for an hour to this climb called Balaknabar, which is an old cattle road that goes over a mountain.

It's one of the steepest roads in the British Isles, reaches about 20% on a bike, and it's a single track road.

So that means that there's really only room for one car and a bicycle or perhaps a motorcycle.

My friends usually climb on their bikes a lot faster than I do because I'm a lot heavier than they are.

But I descend much faster because I'm a lot heavier than they are.

And I have a lot of confidence on the bike.

So after this tortuous climb, which I think took about an hour and a half,

we descended down into this little town where we had a coffee and something to eat.

And I remember passing this sort of group of motorcyclists on the way down this road.

They waved at us, we waved at them.

They were pretty much doing the same trip we were, except on bikes.

We set off again, up a gentle climb, and then another really steep descent.

And I was quite far ahead of my friends.

I remember I was doing 55 kilometers an hour, which I think is about 32, 34 miles per hour going down this road.

And I could see quite far ahead.

There was a bend in the road and a bridge on the bend.