Not an early ride but a night ride had five armed bushes stand up in front of me on a trail turned out to be members of the para’s on an exercise had a VERY surreal conversation about bikes with them then went back the other way as they told me they were laying an ambush and “it might get a bit loud round here soon”
P.s ride in an army training ground in case you hadn’t guessed
I nearly rode into a tank on Salisbury Plain.
It was reasonably well hidden, but I started wearing my glasses when riding that way after that. They did offer me a brew which was handy, no cafes for miles round there.
Will quite often hear ‘mate, don’t ride over me f****** legs’ from what appears to be a bush in a ditch up there.