So can I get some help...
Overseas riders will of course benefit from help from the locals, in advance [like here] or on the ride - so look out for our guests, people!
Quote from an Irish rider, discussing the route sheet for
The Flatlands 2014: 'You've got a lot of roads here, Tom', and on another ride, a Canadian: '150km, turn R, 150km turn R...repeat, is our typical 600'.
Navigating by road signs alone is very dodgy here, as it's ridiculously inconsistent, unlike in logical-minded France. The excuse is, it's a deliberate attempt to confuse invaders. See
'The Rolling English Road' by GK Chesterton for a poetic exposition of the erm....creative nature of the British in relation to navigation.