I suspect the locals are getting used to the sight of weary cyclists turning up at all hours.
If they aren't now, they will be by Monday morning
Talking of gratuitous hills, I suspect that by Sunday night/Monday morning you will be fed up with the section of the B4358 between Newbridge and Beulah as you will have ridden it 3 times ( twice North to South and finally back the other way on the final leg.
If John had managed to find a hall around Llandrindod or Builth Wells you would have been spared two of these traverses
C'est la vie!