i went for a little walk today, as i do most days, from my house to my mums. it's somwhere between 2 and 10 miles depending on which way i walk, which in turn always depends what the weather is doing. anyway today i set off about lunch time as i usually do and the weather looked really nice again so i thought i'd go a long way round and visit some old pit ponds where my grandad used to take me as a kid and that i'd not been to for a couple of years. had a lovely day walking along in the sunshine eating blackberries that grow all along the route i was taking and was feeling nicely content to reach the ponds, sit down, and watch the fisherman for a while when all of a sudden the heavens opened, and i mean really really opened, it absolutely lashed it down for about half an hour, and it was great. i was sitting just back in the little area of woodland that runs down to the ponds with really dense tree cover keeping me perfectly dry, and watched all the fishermen hunker down inside their NCB donkey jackets and muttering about the "bloody weather" (i couldn't hear any of them muttering of course, they were too far away, i just understand old men in donkey jackets!) as they watched the rain slowly make the job of watching their floats a little more difficult. perfect opportunity i thought to find a few twigs and get a little fire going to make a brew, after all the countryside rangers would be hiding in their landrovers so i was a little less likely to get caught! anyway, i just kicked back and relaxed for an hour or so, had a brew, watched the rain on the water and felt as contented with the world as i have done for a long long time and i just wanted to share it with people who i thought might understand.
thanks for listening, sorry if i bored you all with my inane ramblings!
stuart
p.s. if the terms NCB or donkey jacket confuse you then you're obviously an american or other alien, ask nicely and i'm sure someone can enlighten you!
thanks for listening, sorry if i bored you all with my inane ramblings!
stuart
p.s. if the terms NCB or donkey jacket confuse you then you're obviously an american or other alien, ask nicely and i'm sure someone can enlighten you!