The advice basically is that you can ride if you want to, but consider your safety and that of others, and don't take unnecessary risks*.
I'm not a great fan of any form of "nanny state", however I'm a little at a loss with some AUK's antics. I have no issue with the organiser - I've ridden numerous rides with him, ridden other rides he's put on for us to enjoy. He's a top guy
But why do organisers have to do risk assesments for all of their rides? I was informed it was for the benefit of our insurers - to prove we (the organisers) have taken every variable into consideration when assesing the risks to individuals whilst on the event.
So why when the police have announced on national media, that no one should travel unless their journey is absolutely neccesary, do AUK allow event to run?
Surely if anything happens to those on an event that could attributed to the conditions doesn't bode well for anyone within AUK.
I go a little more grey every May when I see intrepid little groups of cyclists enter the Elan Valley, knowing that they could be facing impossible conditions - even though everywhere else in the area is safe.
And yet wit hlarge ammounts of wet snow on the ground, a hard frost forecast for tonight, why don't the powers to be in AUK give organisers in these conditions the advice to postpone the event?