07:00 start for the Helpers' Ride, get here early if you want a cuppa, toast etc - meeting The Straggler at Chili & Chives, Lavenham, 09:30 - 10:00. Actual Helpers [as opposed to just-along-for-company - nice as that is too] get treated to all food & drink along the way.
The old start time of 07:30 [2015 - 2019] was changed to 07:00 to give a longer break between the 200 & 100km starts. Also to get a bit more daylight riding time - lots of full value riders faced the final, often slow, headwindy, laney 50km in the dark from Newmarket: helpers then fed and watered them, while attempting to clear up and we were lucky to get finished by 22:00. Then there was all the stuff to be unloaded back home and sorted out.
If early trains are an issue, don't forget the Friday Night Pyjama Party.