Here in the Lake District artists have been inspired for centuries with the awe inspiring landscape. But with the advent of mass tourism peoples conception of what and where to see what is being altered from the victorian ideal. Today with minds focused in an electronic world what is right in front of you is often ignored.
But not on a bike when concentration is needed and a second by second evaluation of the outside world is required. You cannot cycle without being acutely aware of everything around you.