To be fair he did do l'esperit de Girona so he knows what's up, and our events rock. But he also did do the first edition of it, so he is a walking contradiction. But we will let him off, as he's a good supporter of l'esperit!
In skinny's case I told him very early on I'd ride his event (l'esperit), without having a clue what it would involve. Having actually finished that now, I'm very happy to throw more money at him for a gravel event in the same area(ish).
June is https://www.lesperitdelbikepacking.org/el-piri-route for us
(no, I'm not @skinny marketing department)
I do want to have a go out the Cairngorms on gravel bikes at Easter maybe...