Brighton. Horrific weather on the trip down. Moonson. Awful. But the forecast proved correct and it dried up before midday. Turnout was way down on the past two or three years. Lowest since 2012, but the standard of the participants and the effort they made went a long way to making up for the smaller numbers.
Seems I've attained a certain amount of minor notoriety because I post on here
I was also accused to being in possession of an 'intrusive lens' while attempting to take the picture of a WNBR flag
This ludicrous militant old trout was even worse than that one in 2014. She constantly broke the law by preventing people from exercising their legal right to take photos in a public place - which is harassment. Talk about bloody hypocrisy
The only people who came out from the enclosure (where all sorts of dodgy doings were going on) were those happy to be snapped. But this ridiculous woman constantly made a pain in the arse of herself. This is the sort of thing that's killing WNBR, not a few pervs with iPhones.
Ride was decent all things considered. The riders were almost entirely friendly. Says it all that there was a party atmosphere at Old Steine - with no barriers, no stewards trying to stop people taking pics. Overwhelmingly positive response from the participants, as ever. Light, however, was awful so I'm not expecting much from what I took.
A fair few regulars were missing. The awful start will have put a lot off. Not many braved the sea at the end and those that did got bowled over by the crashing waves.
Overall, as per London, it was far from a classic ride but much better than it could have been if the awful weather had persisted.
Someone obviously keeps on eye on the WNBR threads here (for research purposes, no doubt
). Frankly, I couldn't give a monkeys if they think I'm perv - hypocrisy is rife.