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A title like "What A Let Down" suggests a high likelihood of the post
being a rant. Good quality, passionate, foaming-at-the-keyboard rants
make excellent reading but are very difficult to find a good specimen
of. 🙂

I must confess to having read neither yet; there's a lot to catch up on
since Friday morning, and decent ride reports shouldn't be rushed.

Phil

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I read, and thoroughly enjoyed both reports. Sometimes I almost feel
that I have done the ride with you (or rather, behind you).

In my general cruisade to tackle my fuzzy thinking, I have been
thinking about your reports and quizes. I think the way I read gives me
an overall picture, rather than concentrating on the details. I'm not
very good at noticing errors as I naturally concentrate on the bigger
picture.

I had a few goes but just ended up getting frustrated cos I couldn't
see the errors. I'd prefer just to enjoy the ride.

But that's just me. Write on!

Cathy

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I've only seen the what a let down one.

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I was surprised to see a title of "What a Let Down" being written by
'Mikefule'

I don't know why though.

I always seek out your ride reports but will sometimes save them and
read them later when I have more time. Skim reading doesn't do the time
you take writing the reports justice (for me anyway).

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I'm with norry. I read "What a letdown" first, mostly since the title
drew my attention. I actually wondered what happened to you that would
be bad, how bad, etc. and was a little (little) worried.

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teh said:

OMG! The screen just borked!

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I read What a Let Down first as well, I think the title was better
that's all. I enjoyed it so much I read the other thread just after.

Keep them coming Mike, they are really good.

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Mikefule said:

Did people think, "Just another riverbank write up" and not bother to
read it?

No, I thought "Just another suspension bridge write up". 🙂

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I suspect the ambiguity of the title "What a let down" piqued the
curiosity of the casual browser.
Me? I'd be happy reading your shopping lists. 🙂

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Mikefule said:

Has the riverbank write up thing been overdone? has the novelty of the
quizes passed? It takes me half an hour or so to write each one, so
feedback would genuinely be appreciated.

What I've read or not won't be included in the stats that you're looking
at, because I don't use the forum for reading rsu. As it happens, I've
just read "Bride along the river" (never heard of the area featured in
your mistake before, BTW, it being related to a subject that I tend to
actively avoid), but I haven't yet read "What a let down".

The reason is simple. My newsreader is set to display threads in
alphabetical order, and I haven't got down to W yet. Does the forum
have an alphabetical display option? Might there be a significant
number of forum readers reading from A-Z?

The novelty of the quizzes has passed to an extent, for me, in that I'm
tending not to bother responding (partly because recently I haven't got
round to reading the reports until after the answers have been posted).
But I still enjoy looking out for the deliberate mistakes as I read
your stories.

A Mikefule write-up is something to savour, and for me the quiz is just
the cherry on top of the cake (bad metaphor, I hate cherries, but you
know what I mean, I hope).

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My threads are sorted by date, with the newest ones appearing at the
top. Don't ask me how to change this, I have no clue.
It was like that when I got here! 🙂

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Naomi said:

I was quite the opposite, I nearly missed seeing the "What a Let Down".

same for me except that I missed "what a let down"!
also same remarks as Naomi: I like reading your ride reports .. they
just zen my mind up and I can imagine bucolic surroundings (probably
better in my imagination than in real life ...) again they should be
used by the lcoal tourist bureau ... everybody wants to visit
Mikefule's hunting grounds!

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Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to read your posts due to lack of
time rather than lack of interest. I really like doing the quiz but
sometimes I don't get to them before the answers are posted. I'd like
the puzzling to continue!

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