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Yeah Civilization!!!
Had a mis-judgment the other week ….First one in ages.
I fancied getting out of town for a bit .So I headed for the Moors and a wooded river valley I like very much . Its has a lovely walk I know it well.
Park up by the pub just before you get to the bridge.
Walk upstream on one side , stop and rest when you get to the little footbridge .
Then cross over the river and walk back downstream till you get back to the big bridge.
Over to the pub. …...hey presto! You're back to where you parked the car.
I cant make up my mind as to the exact cause of my misjudgement ….
Is it just that I'm getting older and slower ..
Did I dilly and dally to long taking photos …(could be got new camera to play with)
Maybe it was later in the year than I usually go ,so there was less daylight …
Probably a little of each.
Anyways the resulting misjudgement in timing ,
meant I didn't make it out of the woods before dark. T'is a twilightless , skyless world ,
under the cover of trees in the bottom of a steep sided river valley .
Neck cricking horizons rob you of all sunrise and set.
No time to adjust as day plunges you into straight into night.
The darkness is real dark …...and it comes real fast .
Damn it maxxxi you idiot to get yourself into such a situation ….
Still cant stay here ! nothing to be done ,other than ,
try to wend your way carefully back to the car in the dark .
The sound of running water and the light from a small pocket torch was a blessing...
however the shadows it cast and the sound of wildlife turning to monsters wasn't !!
So you can imagine my relief when I saw , coppery shards of light downstream.
Reflections in the inky black waters of the river ,from a bright light outside the pub .
Yeah Civilization!!!
My heart rejoiced for a few minutes in knowing that it wasn't alone in the dark .................which I thought a little strange ,as the whole point of“going for a walk thing” in the first place was...
Because I felt the need to distance myself ... from civilization!!
Yeah Civilization!!!
Had a mis-judgment the other week ….First one in ages.
I fancied getting out of town for a bit .So I headed for the Moors and a wooded river valley I like very much . Its has a lovely walk I know it well.
Park up by the pub just before you get to the bridge.
Walk upstream on one side , stop and rest when you get to the little footbridge .
Then cross over the river and walk back downstream till you get back to the big bridge.
Over to the pub. …...hey presto! You're back to where you parked the car.
I cant make up my mind as to the exact cause of my misjudgement ….
Is it just that I'm getting older and slower ..
Did I dilly and dally to long taking photos …(could be got new camera to play with)
Maybe it was later in the year than I usually go ,so there was less daylight …
Probably a little of each.
Anyways the resulting misjudgement in timing ,
meant I didn't make it out of the woods before dark. T'is a twilightless , skyless world ,
under the cover of trees in the bottom of a steep sided river valley .
Neck cricking horizons rob you of all sunrise and set.
No time to adjust as day plunges you into straight into night.
The darkness is real dark …...and it comes real fast .
Damn it maxxxi you idiot to get yourself into such a situation ….
Still cant stay here ! nothing to be done ,other than ,
try to wend your way carefully back to the car in the dark .
The sound of running water and the light from a small pocket torch was a blessing...
however the shadows it cast and the sound of wildlife turning to monsters wasn't !!
So you can imagine my relief when I saw , coppery shards of light downstream.
Reflections in the inky black waters of the river ,from a bright light outside the pub .
Yeah Civilization!!!
My heart rejoiced for a few minutes in knowing that it wasn't alone in the dark .................which I thought a little strange ,as the whole point of“going for a walk thing” in the first place was...
Because I felt the need to distance myself ... from civilization!!