pretty much OK I think
I must be getting older as a lot of the riders at the postern gate looked a lot younger than I felt. I agree less of a buzz but that's to do with us being spread about more* and nothing to do with the organisation!
I don't do gps so disagree with mandating it, plus it could be another barrier to 'other' entries (though it's possible that by now, and as with smart phones, I am the only person who doesn't have one.
Was pleased to see there is a cloth badge once more. Have now ordered one for myself and the team mascot aka my little dear (chuffed mum goes off in raptures yet again).
I'll confess to not necessarily fully understanding the 22 hour rule - I've generally used the same penultimate control, which is the one that was used on the arrow I did organised by not-me. I translated it thusly: "'22 hour rule':
because this is a 24 hour ride we can't have you finishing earlier. So you need to get receipts that show you to have ridden at least 25km during the last 2 hours of the ride. You do this by getting a receipt as soon as you can after you have been riding for 22 hours, from somewhere at least 25km from where you finish your ride at around the full 24 hours."
(did it start off as 5kph flex around "last 2 hours must be ridden at the 15kph minimum speed so pick your controls so show this"?)
*this is probably a good thing as it kept our overall profile lower, though at the cost of some of the previous post-ride buzz.