The three phases of cycling

Sometimes riding is an effort of will (especially when confronted by a strong wind), sometimes it’s a period for reflexion and thinking, and, if luck strikes, it’s a time for switching off in an almost meditative state. Today I think I experienced all three of these, my favourite of which was the meditative state. One minute I was at Killerton House and next at Poltimore without having been aware of the three miles of toil that took me there.