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@Greenbank
Cunning.
But, no chance next year. I'm doing a minimal SR to qualify for PBP and then PBP itself. Baby GB means I have to keep my riding to a minimum.
SR will be based on gratuitously hilly rides although I'll probably end up doing them on the geared bike as I won't have the time I had in the run up to LEL to get the hilly fixed miles in (The Dean 300, Elenith 300 and Bryan Chapman 600 all done on fixed last year, along with LEL). I wouldn't attempt the Kernow & South West (my planned 600 for 2011) on fixed without doing it on gears first anyway as it's just a little bit bonkers (and lots of short 10%+ climbs and drops rather than nicely graded Welsh climbing).
PBP will be done on fixed naturally, there's no gratuitous climbing at all, and plenty of miles of fixed commuting between now and then should help get my knees back into the fixed routine.
[EDIT] Anyway, as far as DD is concerned, riding back is the easiest way to do it. Big fry-up breakfast at the Dunwich cafe and hit the road again. Second breakfast in mumble can't remember, will look at GPS tracklog, and then disengage brain for the remainder of the ride. I remember I made it back to London in time to be cycling along Lambeth Palace Road with a couple of other people who'd just got back via the coach and were cycling home to South London. Those last 10km seemed to never end...