I had just finished swimming back and forth across the lake yesterday and was back on my bike, drying off in the hot wind, cycling along a beautiful road with sparse woodland on one side and a strip of marsh then willows on the other.
I had the Go Team tune ‘Everyone’s a VIP to someone’ in my ears, which as Harry pointed out, is perfect for cruising through the Swiss Alps.
There were a lot of eagles flying around quite near above the willows, and then to my left one took off and flew along side for about 100m. It must have been about 4-5 metres away, its huge wings slow whoooooooomp —- whooooooomp —- whooooomping, head set dead ahead - it was stunning. One of those perfect moments where everything is good and beautiful.