Ryanair tickets
 

So the winter schedule (from the beginning of November on) is now online...up until the end of the current season (end of Oct) most fares are about the same price for my routes regardless of when, £20 per way, however all the fares have doubled as of the new season to £40.

I noticed this for other routes, too.

Do you guys reckon these are simply the new prices as of them, or will they go down in a while to the "standard" price seen in June-July-August-September-October?

Historically Ryanair mounts a price promotion about three months beforehand. However the period you refer to includes Xmas so if you want to ensure a seat you may wish to book now

Depends on the route and date & time of travel - popular routes at popular times will only go up, unpopular routes at unpopular times will go into the sales.

So there's no guarantees that booking now or booking later will work.

Argh - it just seems strange that my routes are always the same price until the new winter schedule! I will just wait, I guess.

Have you checked Easyjet and the other low cost carriers to see where their prices are?

Also watch the tricky way that the Ryan Air site will try to do a currency exchange on you at a very poor rate. You have to find and uncheck a box to avoid it.