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@Greenbank
As someone above said, there are a very large number of talentless people out on a grand adventure. I spotted lots of people with routesheets in holders on the handlebars but no way of reading them in the dark. Night-ride-think fail (ok, so I may have been there myself years ago). They obviously weren't happy with holding it in front of their front light whilst on the move which meant stopping at every junction to faff around and look inept.
I use a Petzl Tikka head torch, which is also useful for night time repairs as it doesn't take up a hand pointing it in the right direction. I've also had to use it as an emergency front light when an old Cateye bounced out of its bracket made of cheese and shattered on the road.
The GPS, however, is far far far better than a cue sheet. No wondering if you're at the right junction or not, simply follow the arrow and watch the "distance to next point" count down to a few meters and the arrow swing over. I made it tricky coming back by not making a separate route, so some junctions weren't as obvious on the way back, plus I needed to reverse all of the instructions (L becomes R but, confusingly, Left-Immediate-Right stays the same) which was interesting, especially with a tired brain.