[QUOTE] Well, I doubt they would let a good article sit around for 6 months waiting to be published, but even so the best time to goad people into making the decision to go on this kind of ridiculous trip is probably during the summer, so they can't immediately bring to mind excuses such as how horrible riding in the cold will be. [/QUOTE] Do you think I haven't tried goading people in the summer? The lightweights still cry off no matter when you set about them. [QUOTE] It was a very good article I thought: but I can't say it really captured the drama of reading the messages coming back from the battlefront on ukrm as events unfolded. And that is the essence of the elefant as far as I'm concerned.[/QUOTE] The piss taking text messages started this morning from some subscribers I know.