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It's only 'necessary' to 'stop' where you need a receipt control. When I'm doing them fast I load up the bike with food and barely stop getting ATM receipts or coffees and rolling on. This one I'm just going to tap it out and stop when I want.
I learned the hard way about X-rated style events doing Beast from the East as a helpers ride and naively assuming the English countryside was abundant with 24hr places as London. I don't make that mistake any more. Load up going into the night. It's also always colder than you expect it to be (especially if you run out of food!) so prepare for that.
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Feel weirdly somewhat psyched out by the Fenland Friends ride report :s I've never done an X-rated event that's longer than 24 hours and think my main issue will be not stopping&eating enough in the way I would if there were traditional "cafe controls"; perhaps unnecessarily worried about leaving my bike unattended; at the same time, is it really necessary to stop at EVERY wetherspoons, mcdonalds and petrol station you pass on the route?? Maybe..
I'm riding out from Colchester so a nice early start for me, coincidentally after having to get up at ~5 tomorrow morning to get to Oxford for a job interview; should be fun.
Just feel a bit stupid and underprepared about it all tbh