Ride to Malham with Carl & Paul for their Silver awards. What a fiasco! Waited nearly 2 hrs at Paul Hewitts' while Paul had a bike fitting, then adjourned for lunch at Chipping. Carl managed to get lost between Chipping & Waddington & we had to search for him. Eventually found him in Waddington - after him leaving a voicemail for Paul telling him he was at Bashall Town! Finally made it to Malham thanks only to Paul having brought his car sat nav (Paul was the route organizer). Then spent literally HOURS waiting for Carl (who didn't know how to use his gears & had NEVER used the front mech - doing ALL his rides in the small ring!). Carl couldn't do hills & had to walk up most of them, which meant waiting forever! Estimate that of the 4.5hrs between elapsed & moving time, a total of 3hrs was spent stopped on cold windy moors waiting for Carl, and towards the last 30 miles, Paul too, who bonked. I gave away all my gels & energy drink that I could spare, but in the end near Chipping (return) they told me to go on ahead. As it was starting to go dark & there was nothing more I could do for them - I did just that. Never again!