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Date: 14 April 2006 10:54:54
I circumnavigated my city.
The city was bounded on one side by the sea and on another by the river that gave it its name so it was more a square shape than a circle that I walked. I would head out on the Great Western Road until I reached the ring road, then follow that round until I hit the sea, and then come back in along the coast. I suppose it was only around 12 miles, but that's a long enough walk when you start at 9 or 10 in the evening.
I don't know why I did it, and I'm sure I understood even less at the time, but I remember doing it several nights in succession. I guess it was stress partly brought on by unbearable housemates. It was one of those sad situations where you agree to share a house with two lovely friends and then one pulls out and a few months later the other has to move away, and so, instead, you end up sharing with two despicable psychopathic pieces of dogpoo. So I guess I just needed to get out of the house. Certainly one evening I can remember feeling the need to get out so I paced the streets for an hour or two trying to find a direction to go in, and then I persuaded myself that no, I really must be able to sit in my own house and relax, so I came home. But very quickly one of my housemates made his presence felt and I had no choice but to go out again.
Fortunately, after about six months I was able to move out and move in with the most relaxed housemate (and landlord - he owned the house) I have ever encountered.