It was remarkably pleasant with just a couple of light showers (the real rain started on the train journey back); despite being quite an easy 200 it was very flattering to get praise from the riders who were just doing the 100k first or 50k second loops. Very cleverly devised to have all the distances riding together, and the last 50k loop was almost deserted. It's an ideal first 200 as long as you don't mind coming home empty handed if you've had enough after one or two loops.