LEL 2017: alarms set for 15.55 and 23.55 today (15/9)

[Pikey]

There will be. In 2013, they eventually offered places to everyone on the waiting list that was an AUK member when the entries went on sale, so they have a fair idea of how many AUK member will take it up. 4-600 apparently.

But they have already said that if all 6000 eligible AUKs want to ride, they will accommodate them.

https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=92921.msg1919591#msg1919591

Alwyn speaks with authority.

My mind is officially at rest.

I'd better get my backside into gear and buy my trike then!

 

[PpPete]

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If you make full use of the controls, it is possible to complete the ride without spending any additional money.
Some do that, and I believe most only spend a few pounds on treats - I heard ice creams mentioned quite a few times.

Over the course of the 5 days of the 2013 edition I really pushed the boat out and managed to spend a whole £5 outside of the controls.
An ice-cream at Alston on the Monday afternoon after Yad Moss, another one, and a can of coke, on the Thursday afternoon (it was the hottest day of the year)

 

[Pale Rider]

Over the course of the 5 days of the 2013 edition I really pushed the boat out and managed to spend a whole £5 outside of the controls.
An ice-cream at Alston on the Monday afternoon after Yad Moss, another one, and a can of coke, on the Thursday afternoon (it was the hottest day of the year)

Top man.

Purely hypothetically, if I completed LEL I'm sure my ice cream sense of entitlement number would be greater than two.

 

[jefmcg]

I had one ice cream I think, but the last day I spent up big on a slap up breakfast (as Pocklington had run out of hot food) when I was still pretending I could finish, and a piggy lunch in Market Rasen, while waiting for my train of shame after abandoning.

I don't expect either to happen next time, cause the team are well aware of the food running out problem, at that is one reason it's going to be a little more expensive; and I am am not abandoning next time. You can prise that bike out of my cold, dead hands otherwise I will be in London.

 

[Simpleton]

I'll be there. I'm looking forward to this ride and the organisation behind it.

 

[Pale Rider]

You can prise that bike out of my cold, dead hands otherwise I will be in London.

A couple of the riders said to me they regarded LEL as more of a mental challenge than a physical one.

Clearly, you need to be physically able to complete any ride, but with that attitude, I have no doubt you will do it.