I am selling a black m3l Brompton if anyone’s interested (based in London)

Need some advice. I bike to work couple times a week atm 10miles each way and want to do it more often(ideally everyday bar extreme weather) but my 38 year old legs can't hope with all the climbs and theres one particular hill and it kills me every time, this means I have to leave 2-3 days between rides to recover. I'm also using a bike with a 2 gear hub which doesn't help. In my head I have two options:

a) Electric - If I go down this route I'm set on the Orbea Gain D50 as all others looks shit or more than what I want to pay.
b) Entry level gravel with range of gear(what would make a good range?)budget for this would be 500-1k max. (Think Trek Domane/Boardman ADV/recommendation welcome)

I know you can't really compare a 2 gear hub to like a 11SP+ bike but what I'm finding atm is that the lower gear only makes the push on the peddle a little easier but overall just as hard work, if not harder as it takes longer. So my question is, would the extra gears make enough difference to allow me to bike 5 times a week?(if it helps the gear ratio I have atm is 2.44 and 3.36) or is it best to go electric?

If a non electric can help me achieve what I want I'd rather not spend 2k on something I won't be getting the most out of. I'm also wary of things going wrong the eletrics could lead to expensive repairs.

@master 11sp vs 2sp will make a massive difference. You’ll be able to spin up the hill much easier (less physical exertion) and you’ll be able to carry momentum up the hill better as the “gaps” between gears will be much smaller; smoother shifting and less loss of speed inbetween

Nothing wrong with what you suggested; trek domane etc.

Aye, dun get an electric master, you'll be skipping up that hill in no time!

That EF Palace jersey is pretty indeed. They're sponsoring a pro team innit??
Regarding Palace collabs, is there any rhyme or reason to them? they go for a lot of far away recreations to their main offering. Umbro, yeah you alright then, we're both English, salomon further, cycling even further. The folks behind the brand just like more than one thing and have a respect for the collaborators?
With supreme and cinelli it made me think of this saying from Noah NYC -

"We reference running, we reference the water, we reference skateboarding, and we can only do that because everything we talk about is truly a part of what we do here. I’m never going to do a mountain climbing collection, because I don’t climb mountains."
They always provide justification for whatever collabs they do.

Mind you, if all that comes out of this is more cool jerseys, I'm for it!

Great seeing all the purists on insta losing their shit about it

When's the Palace stuff coming out?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/54405087

Alaphillipe's had a mare

Wears a Richard Mille during a bike race > Loses on the line in spectacular fashion