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Night Walking
- Thread starter MAJOR METAL
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Since I am pretty much carless right now, and have tendinitis in my index finger(read: not much bass playing lately), I have been taking my mp3 player along on some night walks....they usually last right around 2 hours, and I get home around 1:30am..
Heh, here in the middle of Southern California, there is no such thing as a peaceful moment. Ever. Cars constantly on the roads, people always out and about, annoying junior high kids on skateboards, ya get the picture.
I do enjoy walking at night. I like going out at night with my mates, often we'll just stroll the streets dropping in on friends, but the best night walks I have are with my brother and friends when we're clubbing.
Often we'll walk home from the town center through to the suburbs where we live after the clubs close. It's about a 5 mile walk and we usually take about 1:40 to do it, our pace is leisurely and we just relax and marvel at how lush everything seems at night. Roads that you're used to seeing jam packed with traffic you can stroll right down the center and hear cars coming a good 2 minutes before they arrive. Everything is so quiet, it's beautiful. We walk down mainroads and backstreets to where we're going and the conversation is always excellent, stimulated by the change of pace and surroundings. We usually leave town at about 1:30, and are home by 3:10, and this is a very peaceful time. I live near the A1 motorway, the largest in Britain, and even at that time, the traffic is very sparse. We walk past the hotel where I work, and sometimes we'll drop in to say hello to the night staff (of which I somtimes work with myself!).
Really, it's just a wonderful time. We're careful not to act like buffoons too much (so as not to wake people up), we are polite and friendly when the police ask us what we're doing out so late. You've gotta watch yourself when you're out walking late at night, especially if you've got a dog. Where do you think the term "dogging" came from?
Kinda reminds me of a time me and my friend stayed up all night. He lives in an elevated postion in a large estate, and from the lower level roof of his house, you can walk around and see a panorama of blacked out houses and street lights. We sat on his outhouse roof, looking over the estate and all the houses, watching cars driving down long roads past the fields in the distance, and we just sat there, drinking beers and eating tortilla chips (I urinated once or twice off his roof into his neighbour's bushes). We talked all night, and sat wacthing the sunrise as the world seemed to wake up. After that, we crashed in his bedroom for several hours, and I woke up with a zip mark on my face from resting my head on a pillow on his sofa that seemed to last for hours. Good times.
Often we'll walk home from the town center through to the suburbs where we live after the clubs close. It's about a 5 mile walk and we usually take about 1:40 to do it, our pace is leisurely and we just relax and marvel at how lush everything seems at night. Roads that you're used to seeing jam packed with traffic you can stroll right down the center and hear cars coming a good 2 minutes before they arrive. Everything is so quiet, it's beautiful. We walk down mainroads and backstreets to where we're going and the conversation is always excellent, stimulated by the change of pace and surroundings. We usually leave town at about 1:30, and are home by 3:10, and this is a very peaceful time. I live near the A1 motorway, the largest in Britain, and even at that time, the traffic is very sparse. We walk past the hotel where I work, and sometimes we'll drop in to say hello to the night staff (of which I somtimes work with myself!).
Really, it's just a wonderful time. We're careful not to act like buffoons too much (so as not to wake people up), we are polite and friendly when the police ask us what we're doing out so late. You've gotta watch yourself when you're out walking late at night, especially if you've got a dog. Where do you think the term "dogging" came from?
Kinda reminds me of a time me and my friend stayed up all night. He lives in an elevated postion in a large estate, and from the lower level roof of his house, you can walk around and see a panorama of blacked out houses and street lights. We sat on his outhouse roof, looking over the estate and all the houses, watching cars driving down long roads past the fields in the distance, and we just sat there, drinking beers and eating tortilla chips (I urinated once or twice off his roof into his neighbour's bushes). We talked all night, and sat wacthing the sunrise as the world seemed to wake up. After that, we crashed in his bedroom for several hours, and I woke up with a zip mark on my face from resting my head on a pillow on his sofa that seemed to last for hours. Good times.
That sounds delightful! I don't think it would be very safe for me, though. Little woman, by myself, out that late...prolly better not.
In my neighborhood, the tweakers are out running around at night. We've had two people come knocking, whom we did not know, and who were obviously speeding. I see them out on the roads when I'm driving home at night from practice...walking around like over-animated zombies.
Then there's the dogs. You can't walk at night...the dog packs will chase you. There are feral packs out in the hills, and they run the neighborhoods at night.
The parks...the cops patrol the parks at night, and no one is supposed to be there after 10 p.m. If you so much as pull up in a boat to get out and stretch your legs, the police want you to get back in the boat and go elsewhere.
Too bad. It does sound lovely, to go walking under the moon, and in the cool night!
Cherie
In my neighborhood, the tweakers are out running around at night. We've had two people come knocking, whom we did not know, and who were obviously speeding. I see them out on the roads when I'm driving home at night from practice...walking around like over-animated zombies.
Then there's the dogs. You can't walk at night...the dog packs will chase you. There are feral packs out in the hills, and they run the neighborhoods at night.
The parks...the cops patrol the parks at night, and no one is supposed to be there after 10 p.m. If you so much as pull up in a boat to get out and stretch your legs, the police want you to get back in the boat and go elsewhere.
Too bad. It does sound lovely, to go walking under the moon, and in the cool night!
Cherie
I used to like to take walks in the woods at night, believe it or not. Especially in the snow. I found it not only tranquil but almost otherworldly. No cars, no people, little if any noise. After a little while you actually get fairly decent night vision. I was never creeped out. The beach at night is also awesome to walk along.
I still take walks daily but rarely at night, as my neighborhood is a little shifty after dark.
I still take walks daily but rarely at night, as my neighborhood is a little shifty after dark.
The girl and I do this every weekend
. Nothing better than sharing the expirence.I've been out with my mates in the dead of night sitting by the local lake. So tranquil and weird. It started raining, so we sat in the birdwatching house, and sat overlooking the waters. Man, it was so black, but your eyes adjusted...beautiful.
The girl and I do this every weekend
You will probably reflect back upon these times with great joy and fulfillment, enjoy and savior them now.
