I rarely get to bed early (before midnight), and have little idea what it is like to wake up and feel wide awake. Night Owl, me.
Though I sometimes have a post-dinner snooze .
Blimey. I can just about be up at eight for a Full Onglay and out the door by nine / half past. Back to the inn by three and get on the beer. I'm sure the 'best part of the day' is indeed magnificent but I won't be seeing it.
There's actually a case of not setting out till nearly midday, seeing as sometimes the clouds lift in the mid afternoon.