Hi Matt. To answer your question:- yes, and no!
As you've probably picked up on here, different people are after different things from the Saturday ride. There are a few of us who are planning on doing the Malton/Terrington ride every week as a vaguely methodical way of gradually building up fitness, plus also helping some of the club members who are planning on starting road racing for the first time next year. There will almost certainly be other people there who will peel off and go somewhere else, probably on a longer ride.
If you want to do Malton/Terrington then just stay on the Malton Road. We'll regroup after any split and make steady progress from there.