I ride on my own 90% of the time, I have a young family and they take up most of the weekends etc, I may steal away an hour or so to get out but generally a whole day ride out is a no no I do most of my riding through the week to work and back taking the long way around, its 13 miles to work some days it can be 100 ? strange I like going out with 1 mate who has the self preservation gene, I know what he is going to do and vice versa.... how ever I have been out with others who seem determined to kill themselves and me and I would rather pull over and let them crack on when that happens !
Watch out for the lone bike tagging on to the back of your group or seeming to entice you in to a spot racing (particularly if the bike is black). Kent police and other forces are known to use this tactic to snare bikers.