This is my thinking bench.
I come 2 to 3 times a week, to escape the rushes of life. I have my dinner with the family. Do my chores and hop on the bike and enjoy the ride.
The peace I feel when I get here is like nothing I ever feel anymore as an adult. But for the few moments I'm here, I can revert back to that child like tranquility that once seemed so easy to obtain. I have even been known to lay my head and visit the land of nod a few times while here.
It's too far to walk and not obtainable by motor vehicle, but the bike gets me here everytime. No license needed, no loud polluting emmiting engine, no ant like formation on pieces of tarmac surrounded by a metal box…. just me and the sound of the crunch of gravel beneath the wheels taking me to the 'Thinking Bench'.
This is why I love cycling….
by newbiker321