Ive always done it since the age of 4, but took a break for 3 years when I left London to be a car commuter.
I took it up again after a holiday in Ireland. I left without any plans, but ended up hiring a bike to spin around the Beara Peninsular in West Cork. It was only a low grade hybrid bike, and my luggage was a 25l day sac strapped to the rack. I even used hiking boots, but it was such great fun, I started riding again, but this time as a "cyclist".