I'd like to see a similar type of questionnaire, aimed solely at riders, which should be sent out to all participants of this year's event. I understand that a few have already been consulted but it would be only fair to give the others a chance to express their opinion and maybe some might come up with different ideas from those others.
As already mentioned, there are very few weekends in the summer where there wouldn't be a clash with some other meeting, causing riders to choose one or the other and detracting from both!
As an aside, my friend (rider) gave a big "thumbs down" to the shiny tar too, Beepee!