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A LEL veteran I was chatting to on way back from Dunwich last week told me that doing the fens at night can be a good idea as headwinds are often less bad. Which is presumably generally on the return leg.
IMHO The Holland Fen is the worse part of the LEL.
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On the way there or back? Or both?
Worst experience on a bike I've had recently (though there have been quite a lot lately) was Romney Marsh heading out to Dungeness in midday sun on one of hottest days this year with a headwind. Admittedly after doing 200k+ from 2am the night before, but I'm very keen to avoid anything like that again.
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(otherwise great idea)
A LEL veteran I was chatting to on way back from Dunwich last week told me that doing the fens at night can be a good idea as headwinds are often less bad. Which is presumably generally on the return leg.
I've no idea at all how things are going to work out with sleep which makes it all a bit unpredictable. I've had one 600k audax I slept fine on, the rest I've lain down and then totally failed to be able to sleep at all. I'm assuming tiredness will take over sooner or later, but this has potential to wreck any schedule I make so I'm not going to get too hung up over which controls I stop at.
(also I picked really stupid bag drop locations in a hurry so won't be relying on sleeping at those).
Minor question I've been contemplating - what are people going to wear at controls when sleeping? I had assumed I'd just take some boxer shorts and leave more in drop bags. But then could be cold (and/or embarrassing) sitting around eating in those. Anyone have any suggestions for some ultra lightweight pyjama trousers?