Thought it's about time I poked my nose in and answered a few questions.
The first control will now be at the village of Lowther (106 km), about 7 km further on than originally planned (Shap was the originally intention). I've reserved the parish hall to use as a food/rest station. The hall has the usual facilities (main hall; kitchen; toilets etc), although no sleeping is planned. You can also use for sleeping if you wish but the control will close shortly after 05:00 am. Use of facilities at this control is of course included in the entry fee!
The route from Abington into Glasgowshire now follows the B7086 through Strathaven before connecting to the A726/A727, turning at the Darnley services just after passing under the M77 (jcn 3), where there's a 24-hour McDonald's! The return uses the same route but the final control is at the Carnforth Truckhaven restaurant (553 km) which I'm being told is now 24-hours!
Both the AUK webpage and event website have been updated accordingly in the last few days.
If anyone would like to help out at the Lowther control please do get in touch (I've 1 volunteer so far). Control opening hours for the Saturday morning are: 01:32 am - 05:04 am. Any/all expenses will of course be reimbursed.
Hope this answers most/all of the questions.
No EoL. Online entry £15.90 and are still open at:
http://www.aukweb.net/events/detail/18-111/Website address here:
https://burnleyccevents.com/blackpool-glasgow-blackpool-600-22-september-2017/Event info' and route-sheet will be sent out the first week of September.
Those who complete the event if the BGB 600 is the only/longest BRM event ridden during 2018, they'll be able to pre-register for next year's PBP as early as
28th January 2019.
Andy Corless
Organiser
Blackpool - Glasgow - Blackpool 600