I rode over to Pat's house yesterday to hand over our team's entry form and payment.
Had a nice chat with Pat and Christine by the fire over tea and biscuits about all sorts of things from bikes to Pat's 25,000 strong army of miniature soldiers.
He did reveal a few snippets of info about the revised course at Gatcombe Park. Apparently HRH Princess Anne was so impressed and enthused by last year's event that she has agreed to open up more of the estate to the course designers.
This means the course will run through part of the camping area, great news for the RB heckle tent.
The climbs will also be less steep and severe, although possible longer, than in 2013 too, which is good for when you run out of traction before you run out of energy.
So all in all I expect that there will be significant improvements over last year which did lack the atmosphere of the Eastnor events. I'm looking forward to it.
Pat was also very impressed with my 1984 Mercian. Sadly I forgot to take my camera with me.