Water, Air, Earth, Fire.
Aug. 19th, 2003 10:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luckykaaSo, yesterday, I decided it was a nice day, and so I walked home.
I think the River is the only part of London that I really love. It's great. It's generally free of traffic, dirt and buildings, is nice and wide and spacious, and has trees on both sides. At least it does between Chelsea Bridge and Albert Bridge. Maybe crossing at chelsea bridge wasn't the most efficient route, but it did mean I got to wander through Battersea Park by the river. I seemed to be going against the flow of various runners.
Half way along, it started to rain. This was quite a pleasant inoffensive sort of rain, and there was no way I was going to let the unpredictability of weather ruin my mood. I just enjoyed it as it fell on me, and then took shelter under the trees by the road the rest of the way. Until I got to the other end of the park. The rain makes the park smell very pleasant and refreshing, without throwing out all those nasty pollutants that air fresheners do. Trees are pleasant as well. I never really appreciated them until I moved to London.
The Riverside is about 10 minutes from home, so I had to turn off. The area north of where I live is posher than between the housing estates and the station. There are even a coupld of decent quality restaurants.
It took me 40 minutes, as opposed to anywhere between 20 and 30 minutes if the trains run on time, but was a lot nicer to walk. I was less tied down my make believe timetables and train shaped furnaces. Any delay is entirely my doing, and I don't find myself waiting for a train crew that may never show up, and atrain that may never leave.
And apparently:
avoidant
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I think the River is the only part of London that I really love. It's great. It's generally free of traffic, dirt and buildings, is nice and wide and spacious, and has trees on both sides. At least it does between Chelsea Bridge and Albert Bridge. Maybe crossing at chelsea bridge wasn't the most efficient route, but it did mean I got to wander through Battersea Park by the river. I seemed to be going against the flow of various runners.
Half way along, it started to rain. This was quite a pleasant inoffensive sort of rain, and there was no way I was going to let the unpredictability of weather ruin my mood. I just enjoyed it as it fell on me, and then took shelter under the trees by the road the rest of the way. Until I got to the other end of the park. The rain makes the park smell very pleasant and refreshing, without throwing out all those nasty pollutants that air fresheners do. Trees are pleasant as well. I never really appreciated them until I moved to London.
The Riverside is about 10 minutes from home, so I had to turn off. The area north of where I live is posher than between the housing estates and the station. There are even a coupld of decent quality restaurants.
It took me 40 minutes, as opposed to anywhere between 20 and 30 minutes if the trains run on time, but was a lot nicer to walk. I was less tied down my make believe timetables and train shaped furnaces. Any delay is entirely my doing, and I don't find myself waiting for a train crew that may never show up, and atrain that may never leave.
And apparently:
avoidant
Which Personality Disorder Do You Have?
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Not MORE personality disorder quizzes!
Date: 2003-08-24 05:01 am (UTC)Slowly working my way further up- and down-stream. Should be lost somewhere at the end of the Thames Estuary by the end of September.
Rain is good. <wishes for rain>