There certainly was support! I was in the village hall visited early evening.
There was, but I think I'd have done better without it.
There was a bag drop to the village hall on the night circuit, which I put some food in and other stuff.
After about 10 minutes of asking people I found out that it wasn't there yet. No news of if or when it would arrive.
I decided to eat what was on offer, so more time spent. The portions weren't very big but I decided to get going instead of getting more food because I'd spent enough time already by then.
I got hungry on the next lap, so tried again for my bag drop, which had arrived and after about 10 minutes I was away again.
That was enough to get me through the night and I pressed on to the day circuit where there was the promise of water in a layby.
It wasn't there, so I ended up riding 6 hours on 2 bottles and couldn't get a drink until I was on the finish circuit. El Supremo to the rescue. I sat down and had a cup of tea etc, after all that messing about I was well off a PB anyway!
Lesson learned. Even if they do say that they will look after unsupported riders, I'll not be trusting them on that one again.
This year I'll put my own bin bags round the course instead! And mark their locations on my GPS.
I reckon that travelling heavy (carry 2-3 bottles and pockets full of food) and riding until everything is empty and maybe then some, will gain you more miles than frequent stops. As soon as you put the brakes on to slow down to stop you are losing time That would work quite well on a compact course where you pass your bag drops frequently.
