Swindon to York is two or three trains, the best part of a day, and a king's ransom, or over 4 hours in a car.
Which is great, it keeps the riff raff from Swindon away...
I was very sad, if not surprised, to read about this. Almost entirely because the Rally is the way I meet up with folk like all you lot.
So, as Wowbagger says, let's have a YACF rally instead!
(Since CL has run into timing issues for the night ride, could something be organised for an alternative weekend when EldestCub is free?)
One of my best York Rally memories, is sitting in the Cakeavan, introducing MFWHTBAB to folk, some of whom I was only meeting for the first time myself, but felt I already knew from here, eating Marj's jammy flapjack.