Tnrc 2013

The final ecdysis, where the nymphal lfgss changes into the sexually mature **imaginal **yacf form, can only take place when there are ample supplies of cake and we start allowing people to bring panniers on a 30 mile ride.

..for anybody else unfamiliar with Ancient Greek and insect biology (or perhaps just Ludd's vocabulary!):

Ecdysis,

Ecdysis (from Ancient Greek, to take off, strip off) is the moulting of the cuticula [a tough protective covering] in many invertebrates.

and an imago,

An insect in its sexually mature adult stage after metamorphosis [e.g. the transformation of a maggot into an adult fly and a caterpillar into a butterfly and, in amphibians, the changing of a tadpole into a frog.]

#A-Learning-Day

but surely Local Fun Gatherings and Social Scenarios is better than any other forum out there!! :-)

it's possible to actually meet each other via this medium, can that be said of other forums?

i see that YACF has 'The Pub', we have real pubs - Compass Drinks, hurrah!

.. steering back to the thread topic,

tonight in approx. 4 hours - Surrey 5 Hills: *the hills we call home*.
30 miles, some hills, one of our tougher ones but doable fixed.
Waterloo to Effingham Junction, 19.02 train.
Last trains back 22.53, 23.03 and 23.23.

1. middleofnowhere
   
2. upstart
   
3. fussballclub
   
4. radmich (lightweight bicycle, 42x16; lightweight rucksack; headtorch, BMMF-adapted front light; but lacking a 700c spare inner tube -oops!)
   etc.
   
   
   

Riding Out - train gets in at 19:45

1. Rod Munch