"Alistair Gunn" wrote in message
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Arthur Clune twisted the electrons to say:
Alistair Gunn wrote:
Memo to self - just because you can sustain ~30kph for ~15km doesn't
mean it's a good way to start a 200k audax. Neither does the fact
that all the uprights are doing it excuse things! It was fun though!
Shame. Hope you'll be back next year.

It's pretty likely you will ...

Though if I'm going to successfully manage a 200 this year it looks like
either the "Southport - York" or "Tour of the Wolds" permanents ...

The Tour of the Wolds is not the easiest of 200s to do. The climb out of
Helmsley is a pig. Mind you, there's a nice pie shop in the town :-)

Have a look at Simon Ward's mesh permanents. It's possible to concoct an
easy 200 from the mesh points. I was unable to have a go at The Tan Hill
Challenge through being else where but having seen the route, I need to be
considerably less porky to contemplate it :-)

Alternatively you could create a DIY permanent through Lucy McTaggart's DIY
permanents.