LEL 2017 / London - Edinburgh - London Audax

Thinking back to PBP and the numerous unofficial roadside support setups from the locals along the route the best things I've seen offered are:-

• somewhere to have a powernap (even if it's just an old mattress, camping bed/mat or even an old sofa)
  
• ability to charge something (phone/GPS/etc) for an hour or so whilst napping
  
• cake or sweets (e.g. jelly babies) for those who are near bonking
  
• water for bidon top ups (especially if hot)
  
• cups of coffee or tea
  
• AA batteries for sale (assuming you don't want to give them away)
  
  

Definitely took advantage of a few of these on PBP, didn't see anything similar on LEL'09.

A sign of "Only 785 miles to go!" on the way out may not be appreciated by all (such as the "Only 25.5 miles to go!" sign after half a mile of the Brighton Marathon). Otherwise just a big "HTFU" sign is all that will be required.

(Still gutted that I didn't visit the crepe/postcard stop[1] in La Tanniere on PBP. You stop for free food/crepes in exchange for a promise to send in a postcard after the ride. There are hundreds (if not thousands) of postcards on display from previous beneficiaries. )