Evening 'relaxation'. We did not have anywhere ideal set up for us all to group together with our 'tinnies' or to organise an evening barbecue. The end result of this was the break up of the group as some headed off to pub down the road, some hung back at the campsite and some stayed at the campsite bar and it therefore started to get fragmented & expensive. Yeah the AR08 evenings also degenerated a bit even with that facility but that was primarily the weather. It would be ideal in my opinion if this could be better for the ecosse one.
Rideout Length. The total mileage on the main day was I think a bit too long. I did not go to the dukes pass element as it was late in the day, I was getting tired and a bit fed up. That was probably due partly to the extended stops due to the thankfully minor incidents but in any event we need to allow in a factor for this and cut the overall route length down.
Lunch. I think that this should be in a town or village with a choice of facilities and peeps just told to be back at a certain time. The hotel this year was OK but if I had had a choice I would have preferred to decide for myself what I wanted to do about food whether it was a takeway or a sit down somewhere.
The Callander stop was a good example of the type of place more suitable for lunch but with as I say clear directions about what time we are reconvening.
'Trail Bosses' 
This is essentially the designated marker system in disguise. I worry when I see this happening about the self inflicted pressure that they put on themselves to get through the pack because of an internal belief that the ride will go pear shaped unless they get to the next junction in front of everybody. I would rather that we stuck to the original plan in that everybody is made clear about the drop off system at the beginning of the ride and that they are issued with maps on the day that clearly show the junctions. I don't think we as a group should be advocating a more formal set of markers.
Marshalling out of stops Hmmm... I was not really comfortable about this set up. Left hand turns yeah ok. I was uncomfortable with the safety of right hand ones We should always endeavour to have a stop which would entails a left hand turn out of the stop area.