how about 2 miles of pristine tarmac, no traffic, 8pm in late Autumn, all togged up in thermals, fresh air on the face, an owl and a pitch black sky FULL TO THE BRIM of amazing stars and ... PLANETS (namely, Jupiter, Venus and red Mars)! that was my ride home for about 2 weeks last year. nearly rode in to the ditch while staring at the sky on most nights.
or the time i was riding home from Meriden about 3 years ago; 2 miles downhill, Autumn, bronze, brown, yelllow, red, orange leaves on trees, smell of bonfires, green fields, sunset swirls of yellow, red and orange and far off city lights like a sprinkling of glitter across the horizon. i had to stop my bike for a couple of minutes just to take in the amazing view over.... Birmingham of all places!
