Fast Gai,
I have taken up your plight with some of the other female riders and have pleasure in reporting the following reasons for their non-attendance:
1. one was flogging her Epilady to no end
2. one was waxing
3. one was attending yoga
4. one was waiting for The Ferret to get off his rollers
5. one was drinking with Metro at the Wickham Park Hotel.
Your friend
The Ferret