[Pedro the Fisherman]

Time for a little post event de-brief...

The London pics are now drying up (after about 900 of them) and several things are quite noticiable.

The Flikr postings concentrating on women are down about 50% from last year and those on men up about 50%. Is this a direct effect of the restrictions on taking photos in the bodypainting area (brought in after some complaints of intrusive cameras in 07) or the fact that there were less women this year, or even the possibility that the ride has become a big 'gay fest' event?

A prominent rider from 2007, Erica Bower (Naturegirl) has posted a load of shots from the 2008 ride, which proves she was there, but I have seen nothing of her on the Flikr pictures. In the groups of men that fill this years ride, other naked girls can be seen (very much in the background), but those quality photos of girls on the web seem to concentrate on the same few ladies, time and time again, I wonder why?

I also know that on a big event (London was the only UK ride that did not grow by about 50% this year, but stayed the same at between 1000 and 1500 riders) you can miss things. On the Brighton ride pics I see fully naked women that I did not see on the day and I feature myself only on the odd occasional photo. So, if anybody actually witnesssed the ride London, do the photos give a true picture?

Having rambled on, here is my favorite sort of photo, the first taken at the start, the second at the finish......did you you lose something miss?