olfactory benefits of rural dawn riding!

[Stig / Major Tom]

I was riding along on a misty dark morning a few days ago when I passed a farmhouse set close to the road.
It was pitch dark and an hour before sunrise - yet when I passed I smelled the aroma of a woodburning fireplace ..... and bacon!!
Can't lie - that made me smile!

Some lucky mornings I get the added flavor of pastries from these guys.....


It's all good!
Stig

[Neil955i]

Would that be Mooo n pies?

Sorry, I'll get me coat...

[TiberiusDuval]

Road through pine forest in summer morning....that was really amazing....

[Neil955i]

Serious comment now, my best ride for scents was one early summer's morning taking eldest daughter to South Wales.  About 7:00 am winding along a valley floor in mid-Wales taking in the smells of dew-laden fresh mown grass (from a silage cut?) made it a "great to be alive" day.  Helped by the superb road as well and the old faithful Daytona 955i which was performing faultlessly as usual. 

[Stig / Major Tom]

Serious comment now, my best ride for scents was one early summer's morning taking eldest daughter to South Wales.  About 7:00 am winding along a valley floor in mid-Wales taking in the smells of dew-laden fresh mown grass (from a silage cut?) made it a "great to be alive" day.  Helped by the superb road as well and the old faithful Daytona 955i which was performing faultlessly as usual.

I never tire of the dawn smells in rural Ohio.
At cutting time/harvest time it is really special!

Even the cow poop makes me smile.
Stig

[Neil955i]

You're right Stig it all adds to that Zen-like calm that comes on a good ride.  Always improves my mood.