Update:
The "Y.A.C.F. / LANDS END / JOHN O GROATS / RELAY BATON" is nearing completion.
4 small Brass Plaques arrived this morning (from ebay engraver) and will be affixed to beautifully stained Ballustrade Spindle Baton this evening. (Photos to follow). The plaques (displaying the text above) will be affixed to the four "display facets" of the baton, just above the beautifully crafted handle.
I'll be taking it on a 200 Audax this weekend so it can pass through the hands of the Faccombe 4 (You ain't nobody until you've held the baton).
Unfortunately unless we meet another YACFer en-route, the baton will need to come back home with me. The Faccombes are travelling here by car and the baton can't be transported by any other means than cycling.
In this case I'm looking for someone in Hampshire, or its borders with Wilts & Berks, to meet up for a handover ceremony (preferably at a cafe so I can have a brekky). I wouldn't mind cycling out to the American Diner in Kingsworthy Kingsclere, The Friar Tuck in Amesbury, The Tutti Pole in Hungerford..or similar.