They haven't arrived yet
You've probably got them now. Mine came yesterday, thanks to the Meshmaster.
Mesh Rides can take you through good places you might not have noticed (Calendar events and DIYs of course do this as well, but in subtly different ways) and it can be engaging trying to perfect the route from X to Y for the given conditions and time of day/night. Ongoing thanks to the earlier Inventor and Meshmaster, also of this parish I believe.
AIUI the nodes were selected as having Audax friendly roads between them as the shortest route.
Some legs seem like that, and some seem (to me) more "entertaining", a bit like the best legs of orienteering courses!
AIUI if you make up a route composed of nodes it is awarded de facto with the minimum distance between each as shown on the mesh so there's no need to resort to Auroroute viamichelin or whatever just join up the relevant number of legs to make your required distance.
Is that really so? I thought only the shortest distances actually counted, and the distances on the Mesh Map (and the Planner) were just a guide. Eg I've just planned a 600 (I can dream) which comes to 603 shortest, 622 on the Map and the Planner.