Major thanks to organisers and participants, I'm not sure what I expected but damn it was good!
Slept exceptionally well on Saturday night, disturbed only by bad dreams of pavé and col d'ugly!
Anyone with GoogleEarth can follow the route of the big blue bike by clicking on the track, but please no comments about the obvious navigational difficulties -- our route may be sub-optimal but it seemed to work at the time -- that was all part of the fun!