I did LeJog with a Marie Curie group a couple of years ago. Minimum donation was £2,250 of which around half was the “cost” of supporting it. That included hotels and hostels, food, backup van, physios, signing etc. There were 25 in our group. I imagine it could be cheaper (per head) for a larger group.

I organised everything myself (staying in B&Bs and YHAs) and asked for donations to MacMillan. I reckon more money goes tot he charity that way.

I would want hotel accommodation every night for £1600

Mine was a 10 day trip @ 100 miles per day and there were some very ordinary people on that ride, including two older ladies (and I mean older than me) on quite low-spec hybrids. They weren’t seasoned cyclists either.

For 3 courses?

Good stuff! Just checking. You didn’t make that clear in your original post at all. 😆

I reckon you’d struggle to get enough food (and drink) in you for £15 a day. Mind you, some of the folk that I cycled with were probably spending that on painkillers 🙂

Have you factored in getting to/from the start and end points?

For a comparison – I’m doing a two week tour, maybe upto 18 days if the weather is on my side. My budget for that is around £10-15/day. It’s amazing how little it can cost you if you’re slumming it.

I reckon he cheapest way to get home if there are a few of you is buy an old estate car up there before you leave from Cornwall .Drive it home and flog it again .If it breaks down the AA is your friend

What you need there is an Audax Picnic (TM)

Shower of soft tarts…

Depends how you look at it, I’d see the challange in riding it quickly, which means long hours in the saddle, good sleep and a minimum of faffing.

Say 250miles/14 hours, 8 hours sleep, leaving 2 hours to eat and find a bed. I’d not see a challenge in riding it in 10 days and spending half that time cooking pot noodles ona trangia and searching for bivi spots.

In defence of the RAB…

They do everything for you.
Route signage, feed stations, breakfast & dinner (as much as you can eat, full cooked breakfast, the works), mechanical support, luggage transfer, tent pitching and de-pitching, they supply laundry service, showers, toilets, charging points for phone/GPS.
You don’t need to spend anything for the 9 days that you’re doing it.

All you need to do is ride your bike. It’s like doing 9 Sportives in 9 days.

Downsides:
you’re working to someone else’s schedule – you HAVE to reach the end point, there’s no bailing half way and sorting a B&B if the weather is shit one day, likewise if you’re feeling good/have a tailwind, you can’t just keep going.
sleeping in tents isn’t for everyone but they’re decent enough.
riding with 700 others of wildly varying ability (although once out on the road, you tend to form your own little groups and it’s pretty quiet).
No choice over the route – you follow the arrows, you can’t wander off into a little village or decide to take that road instead.

Depends though – it’s always oversubscribed, there are plenty of cash-rich, time-poor people who don’t have the time/inclination/confidence to do their own planning and navigation and logistics or who want to do it but can’t find any mates who are interested. They don’t want to do it alone so this is a way of getting some company.

Yes, I do, but it’s not going to be any time soon. 2 year old daughter and a baby on the way, plus I dragged them to the French Alps last week so I could ride La Marmotte. I suspect my good will is exhausted for the forseeable!

I reckon I could persuade them for my 40th…only five years to go!