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.
- 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!
