I too have started planning and I'm finding it hard to estimate just how slow I am likely to be going. Not done a ride over 350km this year due to a back injury so I'm definately hoping for a stop and a sleep at each Hawes stop. I actually withdrew a couple of weeks ago due to feeling unready, and then regretted it so Andy kindly let me back in. 1st stage should be OK, 2nd stage will be tough, 3rd stage will most likely be a grind, not sure I can get round but that's the attraction for me of a thing like this. It's all in the mind, right?