Many thanks Sue - brilliant info! I will put a new post on the forum to see who else is heading that way. However, I am a bit torn between the convenience of doing this and losing the purity of setting off for the challenge on my own, using the travel day as a buffer or a transition between normal life and the challenge, meeting other challengers on the way and generally preparing myself for the adventure ahead. Of course, a lot of this can also be achieved by sharing a taxi with other challengers!
Many thanks again,
Simon.