T'other night me and my boyfriend went for a midnight ramble around Beauchief, since that is where he lives at the moment (well, until tomorrow.)
Stalking the streets by the light of the moon and the orange streetlamps is one of our favourite activities, as is stumbling about in the enchanted woods, scaring ourselves by imagining the innocent night-time forest-noises to be sinister.
We found some toilets which must have been shut down for two decades at least. We'd walked past them countless times but never noticed them since they are barred off by iron gates and down the end of an overgrown path. We hopped over the fence and went for an exploration. In the building vines were reaching down through holes in the roof, like electricity wires in an abandoned building. Any smell of urine had long since dissipated, however a toilet cubicle was still intact, as was ancient graffiti dating back to the eighties and early nineties. A museum worthy relic indeed, perhaps not having the gravitas of the berlin wall, but still... This wall had black marker-pen scribblings going into incredible details saying things like "meet me here on thursday at six thirty. I want you to wear your wig and make-up" and other such propostions from a time long gone. Was quite spooky to intrude on this relic of the past.
The other day, i had my "leaving do" and got nicely drunk with a bunch of people that i have collected along the way in this life. Some of them knew each other and others were meeting for the first time, but everyone seemed to get along pleasantly, and we ended up moving from the pub to a graveyard. This is not a creepy overgrown ancient graveyard, just a field in the middle of town, the church now converted into a university lecture theatre.
I was happy because i got to hang out with an old friend that i haven't seen for too long- my old friend Becky- red-haired and lovely and chirpy and sincere.
Tomorrow morning i wake up early and get the train to Manchester Airport- my next update shall be in a different country.
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