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@Sainsburys_Ed
120 miles is a long way, but it is doable if you pace yourself, eat properly, don't get pissed up the night before, have a comfortable setup and most importantly ride with people you can work with.
Find a group toride with that you feel you can do a turn on the front every once in a while, that way you won't be hanging off the back the whole ride and depleting energy reserves.
Things I've read estimate that by drafting people you use between 30-60% less energy by riding around 6 inches behind the person in front, been on several forum rides where people suffer from a combination of not really taking this on board and are riding withpeople who can sustain a pace which is too high for them even with this energy saving.
Good luck to all going, things have conspired that I can't do it again :( next year though!