Long post, go put the kettle on!
Guys, the end of one month the beginning of another so a couple of things.
I think October was a good month for the league, we grew in numbers (26 active participants by the end) though following
@BILL S advice I have removed the two members who didn’t contribute here and about whom we had doubts about the veracity of their results. The stats are that in October 8 of us did all 4 stages, 7 did 3 stages, 9 people 2 and 2 just the one stage(I factored in me misleading three people by starting the wrong route for stage 4!). This gives us a participation level of 70% which I think is pretty high and in no small way helped by the chat and banter here.
Looking forward to October there are two things to mention. As already noted the rides (5) for this month are slightly different in that they each have a specific characteristic, flat, rolling, downhill, climb. We will all do better on some than others but hopefully the effect will be evened out of the 5 stages
The other new things is the introduction of teams!!! I had contacted bkool about this feature as I knew nothing about it, but it was telling me I couldn’t use the feature while a league was in progress.Of course bkool gave me a reply that didn’t answer the question. However, today as I had inadvertently created a league free day when I clicked on the tab by chance I was able to create teams!
I have created 5 teams of 3 from the 15 of us who regularly contribute here, trying to get equality in terms of overall level in each team, so no AAAC you can’t be in a team with Brus and Bill! This might be crap, but it might be fun, it might also be motivating…you're not just letting yourself down now if you don’t do a session but your wonderful team mates! It might also open up the possibility of a team time trail stage! It didn’t take me that long so if it works great and if not no biggy! As new actively contributing people join, or old friends return I’ll amend the teams, transfers can be arrange and I’m open to bribes! One consequence is that there will in future always be one day (the first Monday) between leagues to allow for league maintenance. I’m still chasing bkool about the various things you’ve raised including me being able top contact league participants directly to try to get them involved here, there’s a data protection problem but I’m sure we can find a work around. I’ll keep you informed of any developments.
Hope you enjoy November’s league as much as I think we all enjoyed October, stage 1 should be available tomorrow.
But sometimes the host/racemaster forgets to do so. 
Should be home again at around 9.30 pm. 
With me driving, it is unfortunately inappropriate for me too... 
