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Originally Posted by CuriousGuy
... and time is running out !
Oh, BTW, can the London members please make sure to cover several starts. i.e. don't all go to Hyde Park Corner. There are always loads of HPC pics and precious few from THE OTHER FIVE START POINTS !!!
And I heard that there will be two "return rides" at the end (!)
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It doesn't bode well for London. They're scrapping the previous catch up stop points and also the Forum Magnum Square rest stop in favour of a so-called rolling ride. Which essentially means the rides are supposed to come together without the need for stopping and waiting for others to join. Should mean the main ride is going slower...but no idea how it might pan out.
The problem with covering the other starts is that not only are they smaller (much smaller, with the exception of Regents Park, which is still way down on the numbers you get at Hyde Park), it's more difficult to get from them to the main route. For example, West Norwood to Lincoln's Inn Fields is over 7 miles. If you're on foot, there's no way you're going to make up that distance.
Every year after the ride, various of us who snap this event say that next year we'll arrange it so that someone covers each start...but it never happens. I wish they'd kept the old format of everyone leaving together. Hyde Park will always be the focus for the majority of snappers because there are so many more people there than elsewhere.
It's true that there are two return rides this time. Whether these will be big is anyone's guess. Would suggest not but only time will tell.