Nearly ready for the off

I've completed the planning. Route planned in detail on the road atlas. Large scale map of each control printed out from the GPS software, and placed in plastic sleeves in an A5 ring binder. Route and waypoints uploaded to GPS. Route notes written for each stage.

The forecast is still not good - heavy showers. I've realised that one benefit of my zig-zag route is that I can cut out a zig or a zag to shorten it. If conditions are atrocious I'll probably take short cut and go for a lesser award than gold.