Some guidance for future hosts:
- Some of Steve's clothing is merino, so needs a cool wash and little or no tumble drying. Make sure you can get it dry by 4am when he'll be getting dressed.
- Steve prefers uploading his track via a PC, rather than a Mac.
- Find out the latest weather forecast (particularly wind!), so that Steve can plan where to go for the next couple of days.
- He enjoys chatting so you have to keep an eye on time for him, both in the evening and the next morning.
- Nobody knows your local roads better than you do. Ideally you should give the routemaster 1 or 2 tracks to/ from your place (depending on wind direction) and they don't have to be the most direct ways from X to home. We supplied a route that was about an hour long. It should be easy to average 15+mph along the route. If there are too many traffic lights, hills or tricky junctions, it is the wrong route. If it has more than 750m altitude gain per 100km, it is definitely the wrong route.
- Take account of ice/ flooding/ crappy surfaces in choosing roads and remember when Steve is likely to riding (perhaps 8pm and 5am).
- Watch the tracker for when Steve is likely to arrive and put a flashing light out the front of your house, to help Steve find it.
- Have chargers for at least 4 x AAA and possibly AA plus a couple sockets for mini/ micro USB chargers
- Make lots of tea!