A couple of weeks ago, I was asked how I had been in terms of general ‘up or down’ over the 3 – 4 months of being mostly on my own. The answer was that over all, I have been very happy to be doing this exploring, and despite doing it solo, but I have enjoyed other travellers’ company or conversations at seemingly just the right time.
Some days, though, I recognise that I am exceptionally on top of the world, eg yesterday, having a great bike ride in the sun, just the right distance, not too hot, beautiful cycle routes along the coast from Benodet to Mousterlin Point, then to Beg Meil and back, then making myself set up on the beach, get the cossie on, to feel the warmth of the sand, and to enjoy the feeling of being in the beautiful clear water of the sea, and confirming how worth doing it was! Then out for a meal unusually in the evening with very pleasant, interesting company.
But this very next morning, I feel I should add to the record for completeness that for a couple of hours at least I felt pretty sad, and unusually for me recognised the need for a good shoulder to cry on. I had a walk and a coffee with another solo camper, and by the time I set off to head for north Brittany, I realised that my mood had lifted and it wasn’t simply due to the fact that I put my upbeat ‘Lovely Day’ playlist on the van stereo!! 🙂 It is primarily to do with the back story, the change in status, I suppose, that every now and again resurfaces and becomes acute.
Anyway, pleased to report that it’s been displaced once more by the usual things – the extremely significant sunshine, the beauty of the next lovely place living up to expectations, and the thoughts and research turning to coming back to the UK as originally planned for most of July and August before journey number 2 – heading south to Italy and possibly Croatia, which is still there on the list.
Not an emotional up or down but ……… have become aware that there are two ways of ‘following’ the blog – ie getting an automatic update when a new post is published; if you have not subscribed as an email follower, I get an email telling me that your WordPress profile name has subscribed, but I don’t get to know your email address and therefore have no way of contacting you. If you want me to stay in touch directly, then I think the only way is to subscribe as an email follower, so that I have your email address, and can reply. Thanks of course to the millions of faithful followers I am now keeping in touch with! Showing my age I know, but slight hints of Dame Edna Everidge, dear viewers.