I was out testing the route last Sunday, and its a nice ride, which takes you well off the beaten track at times.Despite having breakfast before I started I was surprisingly hungry by the time I reached the first café control at Hindhead, and enjoyed a sausage bap plus latte. I used a combination of the route-sheet and GPX to navigate. If anyone is just relying on the paper route-sheet be aware where it says a turn is 'easy -to-miss.'
I look forward to riding it all again on Sunday! For all the newbies to 200km distance don't forget to take it a bit easier than you normally do on shorter rides, eat and drink sufficiently, and keep something in reserve for Leith Hill and then final climb to Headley near the end. Take care on descents, especially the narrow ones, as local traffic sometimes appears as if from nowhere on even the quietest roads.