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@Greenbank
I've always slept in what I was riding in.
Back in 2009 (so different controls), 8am start:-
Day 1 ended at Thorne Rugby Club ~ 300km, bag drop there so had a shower and changed in to fresh kit, slept in fresh kit (on an airbed I had in my drop bag).
Day 2 ended at Eskdalemuir, 3 hours sleep on the floor under a table, no showers
Got to Dalkeith Rugby Club at about midday, drop bag there so had a shower and change of kit
Day 3 stopped at Eskdalemuir again (7pm-ish) although weather was dreadful, didn't sleep, left at 10pm-ish, got dozies, slept for an hour in a church porch in Brampton (no control there that year) - thank fuck for foil blanket I was carrying, got to Alston at ~5am and slept in a bed there (in dirty kit) for a couple of hours
Day 4 got back to Thorne again, shower, change of kit, sleep on air bed again
Finished at ~2am, drank beer, chatted, went home at 8am.
PBP '11 (no bag drops but carried 2 changes of kit with me) 8pm start:-
Rode through first night, no sleep although did lie down on the roadside for an hour or so
Day 2: Fuck knows, changed kit and slept in cot bed. Loudeac?
Day 3: Fuck knows, slept slumped on a chair in control cafe (Loudeac again?) in wet kit, also 45 minute power nap in a shed
Mid afternoon 1h nap at the road side somewhere
Rode through last night. Got to Dreux in the morning, had first shower of the ride, changed into fresh kit, romped home the last 80km.
Finished, drank beer all afternoon, got RER/Metro to CDG airport, didn't trust myself to wake up if I checked into cheap airport hotel so slept in the airport terminal.
#embraceyourinnertramp