The Aimless Evening Ride

It seems I've been waiting all winter for the late summer nights so I can take my motorcycle out on the country roads of Oxfordshire for some aimless riding.

An aimless ride is so much more superior to a daily commute.  Although I much prefer commuting on the bike instead of a car, the humdrum of the daily route causes your mind to wander and think about something outside of the here and now--for me, it is usually work.  But an aimless ride-- a ride where the route is determined at junctions by looking in all directions and seeing which one look most promising-- keeps you in the moment.  You are constantly admiring new scenery and looking for new pot holes.  You don't have the luxury of mentally wandering off.

Monday night, I was able to watch the sunset from the WWI monument near Wooley.  Here's a pic.