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I'm flattered by the comments above about my fixed wheel riding, but I honestly don't think it's all that difficult to do a ride like this one on a single gear.
It cetainly would be difficult if it were necessary to avoid being dropped both uphill and down by others riding modern road bikes, but that wasn't how we were riding. In fact I think most riders would take a bit longer to do this ride fixed, but I doubt whether it is any more tiring. For me, there are limits to what I would try to do on fixed: training runs with others on gears and carrying luggage up mountains are both out, but for this sort of outing, as long as I'm not in a tearing hurry, I prefer fixed.
If you've read this far, have a look at Wayfarer's Saturday Chiltern Rides thread, where I have just posted a ride for this Saturday.