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@Greenbank
Ah, fair enough. I got to Eskdalemuir at about 2am on Tuesday, slept for a bit (on the floor) and left at 7am. Got back at 7.30pm (lounged around a bit too much in Traquair) and left into the maelstrom at 10pm making it to Alston for 6am with a dozie-enforced sleep stop in a church porch in Brampton along the way.
No pressing need, but the more you can do the better suited to it you'll be. I found LEL (and the weather) relatively easy compared to some of the truly grim weather rides this year (Bryan Chapman for example). I doubt I would have had the mental toughness to complete PBP 2007 if I'd tried to do it in my first real year of Audaxing, I'm happy I held off and picked LEL2009 for my first big one.