In my role as Elder Statesman/Captain Sensible...perhaps we need a meeting to decide on a start time for the Peloton? The start time allocation system, as I understand it, will swing into gear as entries are taken in January, so will need co-ordinating soon. I'd prefer a face-to-face meeting rather than a long drawn-out discussion here.
Might I suggest a 'pubinar' at the Compasses LG, sometime in the no-mans-land between Christmas and New Year. Wednesday 27th? Or another day that week, or the following Weds [4th January]? I could even produce some sort of schedule based on past LELs, having done an early start as well as a mid-afternoon one.