Quote Originally Posted by jodg View Post
Aye, you're probably right Colin. But I'm surprised - by my rough reckoning that's going on for 1/3 of the entrants didn't show up. It's a bloomin' BIG %age!

Makes a bit of a mockery of everyone scrabbling about to get their entries in months ago before it fills up ....
Perhaps, but I do wonder whether we should be passing this type of thing off so lightly. I can perfectly understand that there will be natural wastage in any event, with injury and last minute bugs or change of plans. I also understand that the organisers who do an excellent job with the skyline, allow for a wastage in the entries (this is something I will allow for with Shelf Moor this year) but when the drop out rate is over 25% of the entry something is not right. Following on from this, for example with Mrs Second to Last (and I am sure many others) this year, what was disappointment at missing out on entry, tends towards anger when they see how people didn't bother to turn up.

Sorry to vent anger on this thread, and nothing is directed at the organisers or volunteers for the skyline, who do an excellent job, not only on the good days like the last couple of years but also in the bad weather such as 2007.