Assuming that thy physiology is similar to my own, I'd advise ye try and get the requisite amount of sleep in "bits", as opposed to either staying awake throughout (NOT advisable!
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or trying to do it all on one 10-hour kip.
I do intend to doss on the coach up from London to Dundee, although knowing my luck I'll fall asleep sometime after Glasgow then get MegaPeeved when I need to wake up again. Might doss on the Highland Mainline though, since it's only a 170 and I've done it before. Want to be awake for the required track at least! The second night the sleep is intended to be on the N22 night buses between Edinburgh and Edinburgh Airport, followed by more doss on the coach to Manchester. So I have it all planned, although whether I will manage it I dunno. Got some Wellman tablets to assist with the staying-awake whilst on tour, they're bloody amazing at keeping me going.
Assuming that ye'll be on board trains during overnight runs, that might be the best time to get 4-5 hours of rest in, and "top it up" with a one or two hour doze after lunch. 8)
Tends to be the way I do it on a single overnighter, doss down in the afternoon. As I said above, on Megabus up the M6 the first night and the N22 from 0017 until about 0417 on the second. Would be nice if I could doss on trains all night, get the rail mileage in!
Failing that, consider taking a sleeping bag, using a platform waiting room, and having one person stay awake as a watchman (This duty rotates across nights, or use two watchmen per night) to make sure that none of ye miss the first train of the day that ye'll no doubt be catching!
I'll remember that for group overnighters, but I tend to go solo on overnighters. Strangely no-one tends to accompany me on the all-nighters. Can't imagine why, must be because they like their beds too much!
For the most part, I take between 1.5 and 4 spoons in each coffee that I brew myself - More for the taste than the caffiene content. I don't think I've made myself anything stronger than six spoons over the past year though.
Crikey, I thought I was a bit hardcore when I had a hugely heaped teaspoon in my coffee!
One of the main reasons I take my coffee so strong is because I seem to have built up rather a tolerance to it over the years. Whereas one spoon used to give me a nice "kick" to start the day, I now need a good three "two spooners" to even get me anywhere near awake!
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See, I'm still in the newbie crowd when it comes to coffee. Unless I've been on massive all-nighters a solo single-spooner will do the job. Once I go past three of those, I find it hard to sleep again!
Now the only question that remains for me is:
How the smeg am I supposed to fit four Class 47's into my coffee mug? :roll:
That proposition flabbergasts me. How it would be possible remains to be seen! Anyone any good with Photobucket to fit 4 Duffs into a coffee mug?
