Tomsk is planning to run the ACME Grand in early September.
As people said before the first running, its a nice easy 1000km!
Running and riding it! And aiming to check the route in spring/summer, as maybe a 5 x 200km tour, not a silly solo DIY like last time ... Stopping overnight at: Banbury, Newport or Cardiff, Barry or Cardiff, Banbury again. Very civilised; be nice to see more in daylight - I went through the Cotswolds in the dark (night #1), also a chunk of the Welsh valleys(#2 on my way to my only proper sleep of the trip in Penarth) and on the return through Oxfordshire as far east as Ashwell, Herts (#3)! Might even have a day off to be a proper tourist.
Riding it means I won't be providing Welshcakes up the Black Mountain this time - which was only possible in 2018 due to a surplus in the budget for fuel and other expenses. It was great fun though and would do it again if the coffers were healthier - maybe in '22 as a PBP pre-qualifier? I'm hopeful of a better take-up of events this year though.
