In which our heroine ventures - a bit - further afield...
'confidence is a preference' says Tony Daniels at the start of Blur's Park Life.
Having tried all the local parks, I thought I'd try one a bit further, although it's really only a short hop and skip of a bus ride.
Actually I've been here before on an exploratory visit a couple of years before lockdown, so I knew there were generously sized gender-neutral loos that I could change in, and back for the trip home.
I wasn't confident then or now to try the whole trip there and back as Susie, but maybe that's still to come.
Glorious day, although perhaps leaving it to the middle of the afternoon wasn't the best choice. Or forgetting to pack a bottle of water along with the myriad other things I needed to remember for the change bag (skirt, check; flats, check; wig, check; forms, check; wipes, check; keys, check; camera, check; keys, check again). It's these days you really envy women who can just pull on a pair of shorts, sandals and a loose top and be out in 5 minutes without having to bag half the contents of the bathroom.
(Although I did see one girl, years ago, empty what looked like the entire Boots cosmetics counter out of her bag onto the bus seat beside her and give a full makeup demonstration to anyone watching. I wouldn't have been brave enough to put anything near my eyes on a bus hurtling down a country road full of potholes. Astonishing, she looked immaculate when she got off at the station.)
meanwhile, some other park life... (I was examined briefly for food and then summarily dismissed.)
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Great photos, looks like a good time was had! And yay for getting out to what is known as Parklife. I hear you can feed the ducks and the pigeons too in order to gain an enormous sense of well-being. :)
ReplyDeleteBut yay generally! Always nice to be able to enjoy the weather!
Know what I mean?
Or just wander about in a floaty skirt for a couple of hours. That'll do it too. Don't start me pigeons. Bloody hoovers with wings. And no table manners.
DeleteBefore setting off, did you put your traasers on, 'ave a cuppa tea, and think abart leevin' the 'aarse? 😉
ReplyDeleteI think the above might have been from the Dick Van Dyke karaoke remix 😁
Looks like you really got out and about though, and on such a lovely day as well.
It's always a bit fraught, leaving the house. I suspect I might be a little OCD on that front, checking and double checking that I've locked the house and not locked myself out at the time time, or not forgotten something essential.
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