FNRttC FNRttC - All aboard for Shoreham on 12th October

[GrumpyGregry]

@Flying Dodo Regret I have to pull my registration for Friday, sorry. Family stuff.

 

[StuAff]

Boo and hiss, chaps!

 

[StuartG]

Outing myself: Stuart G

 

[kimble]

One interesting statistic is that out of the over 1,000 on our mailing list, less than 30% actually open the email. And only 4% click through to the web page for info and the registration form. And that's always the case. Although from a direct marketing point of view, a 4% clickthrough is actually a very high number. Plus there a number of keen types who must regularly refresh the web page, waiting for the registration link to go live, and not bother waiting for the email.

Take that 30% figure with a decent pinch of salt. Anyone with a sufficiently minimal or configured-for-privacy mail client won't do anything that you'll be able to track (like load an image from the Web) when they read the message. Obviously I click through when signing up for rides, but wouldn't otherwise, as the pertinent information about the ride that, for whatever reason (usually a date clash), I'm not going to sign up for is (sensibly and conveniently) in the email I've just read...

 

[CharlieB]

Whoops. Nearly forgot this one. Form filled in.

 

[Low Gear Guy]

I am thinking of riding the Downs Link on Saturday morning. Does anyone know if the section through Shoeham is open?

 

[mmmmartin]

This is set to be an absolutely cracking end to the season: warm and dry and an excellent halfway stop with the scouts plus the superb breakfast in the airport at the end. I sort of regret going to Spain, I could have flown out a few days later and fitted the ride in - but i was fretting about the weather in northern spain in late October.
(Last time I was in Galicia in October with @ianmac62 we enjoyed winds, sleet, heavy rain and hypothermia. )

So - enjoy, and I hope to see you on the next ride - probs a social Christmas one but that's not been decided yet. (And as @Trickedem is now Chief Steward after I handed the club over, I expect you'll see some improvements.)

 

[Flying Dodo]

@Flying Dodo Regret I have to pull my registration for Friday, sorry. Family stuff.

Ah, no worries - next year then.

 

[mmmmartin]

45 names so far. Looks like a very sociable evening.

 

[hatler]

Sorry all, there's a little too much going on in too many areas of my life to be able to do this one. School governing and an ageing parent are making unusually large demands on my time.

 

[StuAff]

Looking warmish (wind chill though) if somewhat blowy.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Ah, no worries - next year then.

Will you be coming thru Horsham Town and if so roughly what time might the gang be passing the station?

 

[Shadow]

Will you be coming thru Horsham Town and if so roughly what time might the gang be passing the station?

Unlikely for the Shoreham ride.
But, our avian leader likes new routes, so only he can tell us!

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Unlikely for the Shoreham ride.
But, our avian leader likes new routes, so only he can tell us!

I may be able to do a short SMrttC from home and catch the tail.

 

[Mark Grant]

I now need to work Saturday morning so unfortunately Gail & I are out.