sorry flake
but i spose i should chuck this in to look cool and hard...

Many times i would walk home after a night out. I lived in the lakes and my walk home was 14 miles. This usually happened due to whomever i was meant to staying with pulling some totty and/or banning me from the house for the night. Experiences include:

The coldest day on record (at the time) in a tshirt and unzippable leather jacket (zip bust). I got very tired and sat down leaning against a dry stone wall. I got nicely warm and sleepy before i realised these were the signs of hypothermia. Dragging myself to my feet i did the last 6 miles in delerium and fell in through my parents door and slept where i fell. this did not go down well.

Becoming aware of the time (no mobiles then for folk who were not wealthy yuppie scum) i had to run 10 miles across the fells to make it in time for work. people do it for fun. i did not think it any fun at all.

taking a detour to climb the Old Man to see the dawn. Added about 4 hours to my trip time. trust me when i say as brilliant as it is to drink scotch and smoke a joint on the top of a mountain it is not a great idea when severely tired and have to greet one's grandmothers friends with something near intelligence two hours later.

Walking down the dual carrigeway feeling like i was mad max. no cars and i even stopped for a dance on occasion. mad max does not dance.
(DreddPirateBob has watched every scifi film ever on, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 10:20, 5 replies)

"I lived in the lakes"
Are you Nessie? Or Aquaman?
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 10:26, closed)

CUMBRIAN!
RAAARRRRR!!!

etc.

i have no sister so you can skip all that :p
(DreddPirateBob has watched every scifi film ever on, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 11:05, closed)

You are cooler and harder than me.
My walk was in the middle of Summer, and the weather was fine. I am but a soft shandy-drinking jessie in comparison.
( flake has nothing against your right leg, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 10:51, closed)

thing is i always expected it
i totally understand how grim it is if you don't. i covered a lot of ground in those days and like to walk so it was no big deal. to have to do it with no warning is grim. i had to do 5 miles thorugh manchester a while back with no warning. i was not a happy bunny.

edit: i seem to be ending everything with a pithy sentence. how odd.
(DreddPirateBob has watched every scifi film ever on, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 11:03, closed)

Is your old man a giant?

( browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 11:50, closed)