was there the Sunday before and saw a fully rigid Orange and truely ancient early 80s thing that had sadly lost it's decals (looked like a Saracen but could not be sure). Dalbys good fun but I was knackered towards the end.
Yeah it's pretty tiring, even on a modern full susser (especially when you're full of cold & not ridden in over a month!)
I prefer to mix & match the new red route, old red route & black route to suit the mood I'm in, parking @ Dixon's Hollow gives you good options to do this.