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Was hungover and very tired after Laner's do last night and still in the process of shaking off a bad cold, but felt the need to get out. Unfortunately left it until 4 to actually leave the house, resulting in 40 odd windy, dark miles into Essex and back. No wee/food stops as I wanted to get back for a reasonable time and I was so dehydrated when I started I really didn't need to worry about the call of nature.
The wind and darkness were a bit sapping to be honest, but I was rewarded when I saw a badger, then a rabbit, then an owl in short succession on the appropriately named Tawney Lane. Riding past a wood I could hear a grunting noise that sounded just like pigs, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't, unless wild boar now abide just outside the M25.
There wasn't a soul about and I suddenly had a feeling that I was very much an alien intruding on a world of darkness that I didn't really comprehend. But the views of the dull orange glow of London fading up into blue ethereal darkness, with the silhouettes of trees on the horizon, made this feeling worthwhile as I passed cosy looking cottages and farms, their windows glowing orange against the darkness and the occupants blissfully unaware I was there as I swept past silently into the night.