Friday, 17 October 2008

autumn leaves

I walked quickly through central London feeling smug that I no longer need a map. I managed to miss Trafalgar Square and ended up on Pall Mall. I saw Queen’s guards guarding a brick-walled building which I couldn’t identify. I asked a couple of men in suits if I carried on walking I’d come to Trafalgar Square. They sent me back in the opposite direction asking if I seen a certain Italian restaurant on my travels. I hadn’t. I walked off. Then I spotted a way through to what must be The Mall, where I wanted to be. I hesitated. “Straight down to Trafalgar Square!” The men in suits called after me. I started to run back towards them to ask them about getting to the Mall. They turned their backs.
I walked through autumn leaves on The Mall. They gave me a high that reminded me of being about five.

5 comments:

Gorilla Bananas said...

Confusing place, London, the streets twist all over the place like spaghetti. Thanks for inviting me to be your MySpace friend. I had forgotten I had a MySpace account.

Delaina said...

You need to get your troop to join. You're looking a bit of a lonely gorilla there!

Gorilla Bananas said...

I've also got a Facebook account under the name 'Cousin Bananas', which has a few more blogging friends. I don't visit it very often though. My true confidantes send me emails!

Delaina said...

There's nothing like a good old-fashioned email is there?

Unknown said...

Here's what I do if I don't want to be seen with a map in Central London: learn all the names of the streets I'm gonna take by heart before I go out, learn the route like I used to learn topography in primary school.
And just in case, I always keep that map in my bag :)

 
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