Coming at things from an odd direction

[andrewducker]

It doesn't take much sometimes.

I caught a bus home I've never caught before.  It doesn't stop at any of my normal stops, and if I hadn't been coming from an unusual direction  would never have thought to catch it at all.  I've known that it (and another bus I've never caught) both stopped two streets over from where I live, but that bus stop is in the opposite direction from the bus stops I usually go to, and I couldn't imagine the route that these buses would take to get there.  And because of this the numbers have never stuck in my head.

So when a number 12 pulled up at the stop I was standing at, I decided to take a chance and see where it took me; which turned out to be a very round-about route, spiralling off beyond where I live, down to the sea wall, before pulling back towards the centre of town, letting me off just before it springs off eastward again, heading for Portobello.

It was strange - coming across familiar things from an unfamiliar direction, seeing the same things from unusual angles.  I definitely got a feeling of something I can't quite put my finger on.

Or I could just be very tired.

Comments

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

No, I love seeing places from odd angles. Refreshing.

Though actually my sense of direction is so bad that all I have to do to make somewhere look new is go round a corner or two..

[ninox.livejournal.com]

Exploring is fun. I love much randomness and have on occasion sat in a car with a D10 (to cope with all junction and roundabouts). It has taken me to some really cool places.

Aaron hates my sense of navigating though. If I don't have a map I usually head in one direction until I find a bus route. Follow the bus route until I hit a sign post and eventually you will come to a place that you have heard of to get bearings. I reckon Britain is a small enough country to get away with that. The philosophy has never let me down and usually takes you some scenic places you wouldn't normally come across.

(I've now put everyone off getting in a car with me)

[andrewducker]

Naah, what generally puts me off getting in a car with you is the smell of Vulture Vomit, or at least my memory thereof :->

Getting deliberately misplaced is just fun...

[ninox.livejournal.com]

Hey that was 3 cars ago. Anyway I have fitted sick bags on the backs of the seats just in case. I could be worse - you have never whiffed pickles the barn owl first thing in the morning. The bird got the name for a reason.