[LEL17] Checkpoint Question

[Planet X Paul]

It will be a first time LEL for me , and I have a quick question concerning the number of times I can have food at those controls where I intend having an extended stop for sleep.  For instance, on arrival at the control can I get a meal and then shower/sleep/change kit etc, and then have more food before heading out again.  Or, are riders only allowed 1 meal at a control during their stay there whether they have it upon arrival or before departure.

Cheers
PX Paul

[alfapete]

Feed at the trough! - no limit

[Somnolent]

Feed at the trough! - no limit

which is the reasn why, in 2013, I finished a couple of kg heavier than my starting weight !

[Bikeabilityman]

...and why I thought I'd finally be able to fit into the LEL jersey on the return leg; fat chance!

[rachel t]

I was involved with the Kirton control last time & it wasn't uncommon for riders to arrive late evening eat, shower sleep get up eat breakfast & then depart around 5 when it was light again

[Phil W]

That's fine Paul. Food before you sleep can work its wonders whilst you rest then something when you awake to see you on your way.

[Tomsk]

There's always the question of how many Wetherspoons can be visited  , at least on LEL, the craving for a full English/Scottish breakfast can be satisfied between about 08:00 and 21:00. How the French, bless'em, built a culture and empire on croissants is beyond me 

[JBB]

There's always the question of how many Wetherspoons can be visited  , at least on LEL, the craving for a full English/Scottish breakfast can be satisfied between about 08:00 and 21:00. How the French, bless'em, built a culture and empire on croissants is beyond me 

I reckon they got grumpy by about 11am......

[The French Tandem]

How the French, bless'em, built a culture and empire on croissants is beyond me 

I think they built their empire at a time where breakfasts were more substantials. Croissants are a more recent fashion!

[The Family Cyclist]

Croissants are iirc a Turkish invention

[The French Tandem]

The shape of a croissant is  part of the Turkish flag, but edible croissants are an Austrian invention, allegedly devised by Viennese bakers after an Austrian victory over Ottoman army 

[Tomsk]

From 30th July - 3rd August 2017, I'll mostly be eating, erm...everything put in front of me though, regardless of  history or nationality. 

But if I get a craving, I'll go off-piste in search of it...

[hellymedic]

If you get a craving, I'd be interested to know for what it is, to educate myself and others.
Can you tell us, please?

I will start a 'cravings' thread on the main Audax board.

[Exit Stage Left]

It's always worth brushing up on your French for conversations with continental riders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5hrUGFhsXo

Alston's one of the best places for croissants, with two supermarkets on the route doing fresh-baked ones.

[Tomsk]

In Cambridgeshire, you might happen upon a bakery that makes the local delicacy known as an 'Elephant's Footprint', [they call them 'Yorkies' in Essex] - basically a pain-aux-raisin, or maybe an Eccles Cake, squashed flat to about 10-12 inches round and baked crisp.

[Exit Stage Left]

Sounds like a 'Sad Cake'. http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/sadcakesordesolatecakes.htm

[yanner]

In Cambridgeshire, you might happen upon a bakery that makes the local delicacy known as an 'Elephant's Footprint', [they call them 'Yorkies' in Essex] - basically a pain-aux-raisin, or maybe an Eccles Cake, squashed flat to about 10-12 inches round and baked crisp.

Does it roll up to put in a back pocket or top tube bag? Working on the one-for-now one-for-later theory.