The reason for going to Alencon and not Reims is that the facilities at Reims are not as good as Alencon, there is no running water, this has be brought in a bowser. Also for the long race we may need to be more flexible as to the dates if we want to go to Tours and it may need to be before the Gold cup race to facilitate a joint convoying arrangement. Would do away with the first inland race as well,or have it and put Ypres instead of Maidstone or Eastbourne. Yb National could maybe be a bit further as well.