The Summercove Hills

Parking up by Charles Fort is always easier than trying to get through Summercover near Kinsale. The road is very narrow and steep, both ways, if you’re trying to the to the Bulman Bar.

Those yellow diamond-shaped road signs are actually part of Ireland’s relatively recent road signage system. Before the 1970s, Ireland used the older British-style circular and triangular signs, but when the country adopted the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, they switched to these diamond-shaped warning signs, making Ireland one of the few English-speaking countries to use this continental European style. The “10%” gradient warning means the road drops 10 metres for every 100 metres travelled horizontally, which is steep enough that most driving instructors would consider it “character building” for learner drivers!

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Looking down Gardner Street in the west end of Glasgow.

This is one of the steepest streets in the city. With a gradient of 8.03%, it's steep enough to ski down when it snows (I know because I've done it!). However, it's no where near being the steepest street in Scotland, which, at a whopping 19.4%, is Middle Brae in Tobermory on the Isle of Mull.

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