for Friday Fictioneers which is hosted once again by Rochelle.‘
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Another grey day, I feel grey, even my hoodie is grey. I wasn’t meant to be a city dweller. Why am I trapped in this mass of neverending greyness?
I should live in a country cottage, not a characterless concrete apartment block. I want to walk among wildflowers not tread litter-strewn pavements. I dream of hearing birdsong, not the constant sound of traffic.
I can see it now, it’s there, beside me, urging me to turn and leave the past behind. I will. I’ll take my first step into the future … ouch, I’ve walked straight into a bloody brick wall.
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Keith's Ramblings 
Ha! Well don’t say I didn’t warn you. 😉
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I should have listened!
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Oops!
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Very opps!
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😅🤣
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The city “jungle” always seem to me to be a constant reminder of the real and natural jungle. Well penned, Keith. Sorry about the wall.
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See what you mean, and don’t worry, I didn’t damage it!!!
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Oh good!!
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Oops!
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Very! Cheers, Beth!
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I’ve often had this daydream, but then can I leave all the convenience of urban living behind? The older I get, the more I think I could!
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Living in a town with the sea on one side and the countryside surrounding the others provides me with the best of both worlds!
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Keith there really is no contest between city and country life is there. Once he patches himself up, I hope he heads out for nature.
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I left a small country town to live in London for several years in my younger days. I still quite miss the city, but I can’t imagine living there again.
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I think the best way to enjoy a city is to live close enough to visit it for all the benes it has to offer but not have to endure the rest.
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Love how you have brightened up my photo, Keith! And that just sucks, being trapped like that. Fun take!
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I hoped you wouldn’t mind but I couldn’t resist it! I was also hoping it would accentuate what appears to be someone in a grey hoodie walking past a door at the bottom – but it didn’t!
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I don’t mind at all! It was a brilliant (hyuck hyuck hyuck) idea to accentuate it. 🙂
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That’s OK then!
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The city has its advantages, but country living is probably better for the health, mental and physical.
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My thoughts too! I like to hop on the train to London now again because it offers what the countryside can’t.
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Damn walls.
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They always get in the way!
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Perfect musing of a reluctant city dweller.
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My thoughts exactly. Been there, done that…!
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Ouch! I’ve seen it happen before — day dreamers.
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I walked into a lampost the other day, that was an ouch moment too!
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I hope no one saw! Too many at the pub?
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Great piece. Having lived in the horror of the city, our character has lost his sense of reality and his life seems trapped by a circle of brick walls. He would have hated Berlin during the Cold War.
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Too right he would, it was unimaginable. Thanks, James.
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Nicely done 🙂
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Thank you, kind sir!
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Nicely done. This mural is very similar to those in Christchurch. I’ll have to find time to do a story this week. I enjoyed yours, Keith 🙂
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I see you now have a story, and nice it is too. Thanks so much.
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Thank you, Keith 🙂
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Oh no. He better move.
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Hopefully, it knocked some sense into him!
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Maybe giving it another go will help, perhaps wearing a helmet.
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Now that’s a good idea!
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it must be an eye-opening situation indeed. 🙂
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Absolutely, thanks, plaridel.
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Some nice lady needs to come along and give him a kiss! 💋
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That would be nice!
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Oh no, you waited till the very end I though it was going to be serious 😆- it’s those Mr Magoo glasses you need some new ones, maybe not rose-tinted 😄
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I was quite pleased with myself getting as far as I did being serious, and then it happened! You could be right Angela.
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Daydreams are sometimes just that. Well done.
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Absolutely so!
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Dear Keith,
There’s something to be said for being aware of your surroundings. Time to leave the city behind and get back to the country. Fun stuff.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Been there, done that! Thanks. Rochelle.
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So nice!!!!
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