I worry about people sometimes.
When I started MTBing there were no trail centres, no internet forums with responses in seconds to any route query.
All the family holidays I went on in the Lakes and Scotland, first day there I'd buy a map of the area and start looking at it, seeing what was around, I'd plan a route and go out early on my own before the family was up. Couple of hours riding, back home for second breakfast and out with parents/sister for the rest of the day.
Sure I had a couple of rides where I'd be pushing up a great descent or descending a road but by and large it'd be ace. Nowadays everyone wants instant trail centre gratification, routes supplied on GPS, a cake stop half way and no need to think. 🙁
Riding is what you make of it – bimbling round a trail centre fireroad then slagging the area off cos you can't be arsed to look at a map and work out where to go isn't exactly constructive…