My Humble Suggestion...

...is that, going clockwise, TF runs from home as early as she is comfortable with, meets YJ in Horwich at the Thursday UP and continues to the Bottom Barn to pick me up. This gives us that wonderful long ascent all the way from Rivi Village to Hordern Stoops. We subsequently peel off to go home at the appropriate points when we have completed our laps.

Just needs an estimate from TF as to when she will get to Horwich and to the Barn, and suggestions as to whether we take in the Millstone, in which case I'd meet you there instead of at the Barn and whether we're likely to do the extra bits NE of Belmont ~ suggest not at this stage, as TF will already be doing quite a bit extra, coming out from home, YJ may still be suffering and I'm a wimp anyway ~ but we can leave the final decision until the day

Over and out.

EtW