Let it out!

Today I went for a stroll through Branksome Chine with a very good friend. The trees there were magical as always, little hidden gems like this stone gate, squirrels running around searching for their acorns, an insanely cute little chihuahua taking one of it’s first clumsy walks saying hello to every passerby offering its tiny paws as a greeting, the sun reflecting on the sea making it bathe in golden light. The whole setting and the company I was in was pure bliss. I have quite a few special people in my life whose friendship is a true blessing. This particular friend has the ability to bring out the crazy child in me like few others. We’ve gone swimming in the freezing sea in the pouring rain with our clothes on, we’ve rediscovered the joys of riding a carousel, screaming like 5 year olds and today she managed to come up with her latest idea for an adventure. She said she felt like letting her voice out in the middle of nowhere and just screaming and letting off steam. Having lost Lujzi for the umpteenth time this morning (she’s still missing) and with other bits of life’s intricacies making life a bit more challenging than usual she didn’t have to convince me that that was a great idea! Now we just had to find a safe place to do that, the beach and Chine packed with people, we had very scary ideas of where we’d end up if we tried it there! So we started walking home, getting more and more eager to get into mischief. At some point we realised we had the Chine all to ourselves so we thought now or never! We climbed up the side of the hill and took a few encouraging breaths reassuring each other that we hadn’t quite lost all of our marbles yet, checked my pockets – still a few there – and off we went, roaring like lions! What a refreshing thing to do. We live our lives always trying to be proper and polite and well behaved, how often do we really get the chance to just go wild. That wasn’t enough for my dear friend, she thought that coming down the cliff should look more like a landslide than anything else! Luckily we survived all of this intact and noone called the police – good to know people are around if next time we’re actually screaming for help! 