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I always found the best way to train for riding big mountains was to do 45-60 min threshold efforts. The one thing you can't do in the UK is replicate the strain on your lower back that climbing for an hour at a time gives. I'd always have a sore back for the first day, then it'd dissipate in the next day or so, so maybe some strengthening exercises for your lower back would benefit you.
The other key thing is to not get carried away on the first day or two, but to throttle back a bit so you get stronger as the trip goes on, rather than starting with a bang then petering out like a two bit rocket.