Imagine you have just finished a long, tough day at work or school.
You are mentally and physically exhausted, and probably quite hungry. You are heading home at last, but to get there you must face the terrifying ascent of ‘Death Hill’.
That is what I, and many of my peers, used to call the footpath that connects Breck Road to Claremount Road in Wallasey Village. Having already trekked up from Mosslands Drive, you are then faced with the perilous vertical climb of Church Hill.
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The shear height of the path has to be seen to be believed. And at first glance, it looks achievable, it has a railing for half the trip, but then the vertigo sets in.
And it just keeps going no matter how many breaks you take. Past The Cheshire Cheese pub, past St Hilary’s Tower and past St Hilary’s church, as you sweat your way to the summit gasping for air, your calf muscles burning.
Yes, there are other routes, and yes, they are also troublesome to the common couch potato like myself, but Death Hill is on another scale. It feels so deadly that you would never even consider walking down it in case you ended up rolling down the 45 degree drop.
I am lucky now that my school days are behind me and I have upgraded my commute from foot to bus, but I still pass it and shiver at the thought of having to clamber to the top, trying not to get lightheaded from the altitude. And despite the people who have conquered the sharp cliff edge, no matter when I go past, I never see anyone on Death Hill.
Have you climbed ‘Death Hill’ or do you have one of your own where you live? Let us know in the comments below where the steepest roads are in the Liverpool City Region.
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