I was there
I was on this ride and saw the appalling standard of riding that Devon describes.
I went to pull out to overtake a car. As I did the car indicated right, so I pulled back in. Someone else overtook me and the car just before his turn. About a mile further up the road he did exactly the same thing again. On another occasion I was following a car up a hill with a blind crest. There were double white lines here. A GS overtook me, crossing the lines. As he did so a car came over the brow towards him, causing him to brake hard and swerve into my path, forcing me to take avoiding action.
These are just two incidents, but there were others. Clearly this ride wasn't for me and so I left the ride shortly after the first break. A slipping clutch didn't exactly help matters. I don't mind riding fast but I came to the Cotswold's to see the scenery and that's exactly what my wife and I did for the rest of the day.
It's a real shame that somebody hadn't organised a 'bimble' like the one Andrew did for the STD. At that event there was a choice of 'spirited', 'bimble' or 'off-road' rides, catering for all tastes.
Re: caravans. If you want to be really picky there were no caravans there, only Wobblyboxes!
Not all of us are fit enough to sleep in tents and anyway, we use our van all year round and wouldn't want to spend money out on camping gear just to appear macho for a couple of months.
Everybody had a great weekend thanks to Dan and Cal's efforts. What we must not forget that we all share a common passion for motorcycles (I hope) and it matters not how we arrive or how we spend our time at these events. Thank goodness we are all different or the world would be a boring place.