OK so we have awards for just about everything now but...
In the spirit of encouraging self-reliance on Audax rides and greater harmony, I wonder if the next AGM of AUK would consider a new award or medal to be awarded for spouses, partners, parents or friends who have made an outstanding contribution to the rescue of a stranded AUK member while on a perm or calendar event.
This would go along way to placate the aforesaid rescuer and would have to reflect the distance travelled to effect the rescue, the time of night and the degree of inconvenience and cancelled arrangements this has cost him or her.
Clearly distances over 200km would be worth something as would time spent after midnight or driving in the dark while clutching a map, etc.
Perhaps, penalty points for experienced members could be accrued if the breakdown was avoidable or the AUK member should really have known to have carried spares and how to use them etc. Award winners might be able to choose a punishment of their choice liking grounding the rescuee, banning them from bike shops or consorting with other cyclists and so on.
The medal could either be framed or redeemed for chocolate, wine or assorted and various favours of a kind that need not be spelled out in this place.
This thought occurred to me after breaking a spoke and buckling a wheel in Glenshee in the small hours solo on the "Kingdom Come 400" permanent and could have spared me needless anxiety, frantic soul-searching and provided a painless and easy route back into her good books.
I think this should be initiated forthwith!
