Thanks, Ross: it certainly looks like a fabulous place and a great wee festival...

...but I really think that I'll be doing well to complete the prescribed milages without going so far off the planned route. Maybe next year though, eh?

But I can tell this thread hasn't really caught your collective imaginations, Catters. I'll just have to do Tiverton and hope my fellow cyclists can be cajolled into the odd chorus or two (and those who know me wil know what I mean by "odd") in the nearest hostelry.

Maybe I'll try another thread closer to the time with "free beer" in the title.