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If I recall correctly the route sheets do have a sort of code of conduct, I say "if I recall correctly" because I didn't bother reading it this year. I like to think that I'm responsible and caring enough not to do anything that elicits complaints, and as far as littering goes I would stand buy that. But noise is something that is very easy to allow to get out of hand. It's an exciting event and it's natural to want to share the excitement when stopping for a rest and what may seem to us as a reasonable volume for a conversation, having been awake all night, will sound like a town criers convention to someone who is trying to get back to sleep at 3 in the morning.
We need to think about different ways to get the code of conduct message across and perhaps some on-route reminders in the more sensitive areas. The villages in particular, as they won't be used to late night noise, I imagine Dunmow and Sudbury barely glanced up from their Saturday night fighting as we went past.