What I love about off-road cycling in the countryside is the sense of connection you have with the landscape and of course the seasons. There are landmark moments when I’m out on my bike which I only realise later that I’ve been waiting for to mark the turn of the seasons. I always await with great anticipation the call of the curlew and peewit up on the high Pennine moorland which marks the end of winter and beginning of Spring. The freshly minted greens of trees and hedgerows in bud seem to light your way home at twilight.