Wandering In The Night

Bonavox

Do any of you guys go wandering during the night?

I remember I was camping in the woods with some friends in Wexford but they kept waking me saying they heard noises. I told them to go to sleep that I didn't care.

They told they'd give me 50 euro if I walked through the forest and to the all night garage about a mile away. It was nothing to me, but I can understand why people would be scared.

Is anyone here comfortable/scared of wandering through strange placed during the night?

Doctor DooM

Bono Vox wrote: »

Do any of you guys go wandering during the night?

I remember I was camping in the woods with some friends in Wexford but they kept waking me saying they heard noises. I told them to go to sleep that I didn't care.

They told they'd give me 50 euro if I walked through the forest and to the all night garage about a mile away. It was nothing to me, but I can understand why people would be scared.

Is anyone here comfortable/scared of wandering through strange placed during the night?

I love night time wandering. Don't do it so much now my job has become 9-5-ey, but miss it. I love the quiet and the calm and the cool breeze in the air.

cyberwolf77

Late night strolls are when I do some of my best thinking actually. I find the solitude of a nocturnal meander very soothing.

Doctor DooM

cyberwolf77 wrote: »

Late night strolls are when I do some of my best thinking actually. I find the solitude of a nocturnal meander very soothing.

That's a great word for it... soothing. Everything seems simple at 4 am on a street.

cyberwolf77

Doctor DooM wrote: »

That's a great word for it... soothing. Everything seems simple at 4 am on a street.

Exactly you can just relax and let the night fold around you like a cloak. All the stress of the world seems so petty as you wander alone in the darkness of the night.

star-pants

Yeah sometimes it can be nice, like if I'm going back to my car after a night out (still like 2/3am or whatever) I like it. Because it's all calm. Or walking back from the cinema when it's darkish. I don't mind that at all.

entropi

I cant really enjoy sombre strolls in the wee hours because of living so close to everything in the city, but when i do get the chance i'll walk down along the Liffey or along some relatively quiet places to get that "i'm so peaceful right now" feeling:D

anonymous_joe

I've been known to do it when completely out of it or in a weird mood.

But it usually means that something's up with me if I'm going for long walks at teh dead of night.

Bonavox

Doctor DooM wrote: »

That's a great word for it... soothing. Everything seems simple at 4 am on a street.

I completely agree. Everything seems so peacefully far away but yet its so close.

rainbow kirby

I love to run late at night... there's something that's just very pleasant and peaceful about an autumn evening with a light breeze blowing

Redzer7

Suicidal around my neck of the woods really .
Scumbags.

cyberwolf77

Redzer7 wrote: »

Suicidal around my neck of the woods really .
Scumbags.

Wow, that's awful. Scumbags don't bother me ever.

Redzer7

cyberwolf77 wrote: »

Wow, that's awful. Scumbags don't bother me ever.

Ballyfermot And Clondalkin .

cyberwolf77

Redzer7 wrote: »

Ballyfermot And Clondalkin .

Those really mean nothing to me as I'm here in America.

spencerzc

If I'm not out wandering and exploring the northside by foot, I enjoy taking the raleigh chopper out for an adventure and usual end up in obscure places.

It started off as a pet enjoyment casually walking miles home from town after an evening of drinking but now I go out nearly every second day (permitting) and walk/cycle for miles around.

cyberwolf77

spencerzc wrote: »

If I'm not out wandering and exploring the northside by foot, I enjoy taking the raleigh chopper out for an adventure and usual end up in obscure places.

It started off as a pet enjoyment casually walking miles home from town after an evening of drinking but now I go out nearly every second day (permitting) and walk/cycle for miles around.

That actually sounds like a lot of fun. My nocturnal perambulations are somewhat restricted to being to and from work most nights.

spencerzc

and surprisingly enough its rare you bump into any danger........unlike when i was a young scamp, there was loads of trouble on the streets.........kids are just lazy and have cars now i suppose.....

just back from a mini adventure on the chopper........not a soul out and lucky for me wind was on my back for most of it

anonymous_joe

spencerzc wrote: »

and surprisingly enough its rare you bump into any danger........unlike when i was a young scamp, there was loads of trouble on the streets.........kids are just lazy and have cars now i suppose.....

just back from a mini adventure on the chopper........not a soul out and lucky for me wind was on my back for most of it

Define trouble. ^^

I think some bits of Dublin are probably gonna get worse again.

spencerzc

trouble being cheeky ass gangs ranging from pubesent morons to late twenty something year old dummies with nothing to do but roam the streets being primal with one another, as well as any poor sod who happens to bump into them. Maybe its just me but I rarely see anyone out on streets unless its closing time compared to when I was a teenager constantly roaming about.

I do think you're right though, I think its been too long and a come back is inevitable.

anonymous_joe

spencerzc wrote: »

trouble being cheeky ass gangs ranging from pubesent morons to late twenty something year old dummies with nothing to do but roam the streets being primal with one another, as well as any poor sod who happens to bump into them. Maybe its just me but I rarely see anyone out on streets unless its closing time compared to when I was a teenager constantly roaming about.

I do think you're right though, I think its been too long and a come back is inevitable.

Dunno really.

Where I live's fairly safe, dull, etc, so you don't see a lot of people about. And I do remember when I was a kid you'd always get scumbags wandering around with nothing to do.

Handsome Bob

Anytime I need to be on my own I tend to seek solitude in the calmness of the night. I just find that I tend to think much more clearly when out in the dark.

6th

Cant beat it ...even if I'm in somewhere with a spooky reputation. Infact, more so.

Pygmalion

I have no reason to, but I remember a few years back sneaking out of the house around 1 or 2 a few times, and sneaking back early morning, never bothered me, it would've been a couple kilometres in the pitch black (no street lamps down in the middle of nowhere), much further once or twice.

There was one time I didn't even know where I was going, just that there was a party on somewhere with really loud music and I followed it through tons of backroads and **** for like an hour :P, then i got there and it was ****.

docdolittle

spencerzc wrote: »

trouble being cheeky ass gangs ranging from pubesent morons to late twenty something year old dummies with nothing to do but roam the streets being primal with one another, as well as any poor sod who happens to bump into them. Maybe its just me but I rarely see anyone out on streets unless its closing time compared to when I was a teenager constantly roaming about.

I do think you're right though, I think its been too long and a come back is inevitable.

You haven't been to clondalkin lately so It's funny confusing a junkie while he's trying to rob you at your bus stop :rolleyes:

spencerzc

I used to live out there when I was a kid......but no haven't been back there since so I am missing the pleasure of confusing junkies.

Sounds like fun, so much fun I'm surprised that no one has capitalised on the idea to which you have to buy a ticket to confuse the junkie

cyberwolf77

The insurance would probably be horrifically brutal

spencerzc

I also wouldnt look forward to the lottery of waiting for those results after you got too close and accidently pricked yourself off the junkies needle

cyberwolf77

We could always play three card monte with potheads.

spencerzc

haha classy

start a night time social club for bothering drug users as amusement

cyberwolf77

Please, I could buy a house running that as a business.

SmileyPaul

I love walking in the silence in the dead of night with nothing to accompany you but your own thoughts and the whisper of the night as it looms over you

I did it all the time when I was doing my leaving and I know Ill be getting more into it again in the winter months

Thomas828

Me too! My favourite part of the night is from 3am to sunrise, when everything is at its most peaceful. The only snag is it's also the coldest part of the day.

mrmac

Last Thursday I was having a 5am ramble and decided to stop at an old church/cemetry at Kildemock. Really remote and quite. If you where out that night, you'd have witnessed a truely wonderful darkness! Not a cloud in the sky, thousands of stars, and the slightest sliver of a Moon! Remarkably dark!

After drinking my fill of the solitude, I had just turned for home, when some bovine handbag, on the opposite side of the hedge, decided to sneeze!!!

After re-gaining my composure, and vocally "thanking" the beast, I declared to have a fine steak this week, in homage.

cherryghost

nothing beats a 2am stroll in the country roads. the silence is nothing short of the most relaxed feeling you can have

Doctor DooM

Now is exactly the right time for late night rambles. That lovely snap in the air.

star-pants

TIS !!
I wish I had the energy to bring the girls out for a walk but I'm knackered!

Doctor DooM

star-pants wrote: »

TIS !!
I wish I had the energy to bring the girls out for a walk but I'm knackered!

you talking about the the dogs or relatives?

star-pants

LOL the dogs!!
They're both conked out on my bed at the moment!

Doctor DooM

star-pants wrote: »

LOL the dogs!!
They're both conked out on my bed at the moment!

Aw.

Do they like wandering at night too?

You can't see Zeus at night

star-pants

Um they're a little more wary at night - afraid of shadows! lol.

But it even smells nice out!

Doctor DooM

star-pants wrote: »

Um they're a little more wary at night - afraid of shadows! lol.

But it even smells nice out!

Yeah I love the super fresh smell.

My happiest time to be alive is right now at night

star-pants

Always smells like Hallowe'en and Autumny to me, I love the crispy leaves n crunching and smokey like smell in the air. Honestly if I'd the energy I'd go now!

Doctor DooM

star-pants wrote: »

Always smells like Hallowe'en and Autumny to me, I love the crispy leaves n crunching and smokey like smell in the air. Honestly if I'd the energy I'd go now!

I'll prob go out for a ramble later. Spees put me in the mood!

Thomas828

Doctor DooM wrote: »

I'll prob go out for a ramble later. Spees put me in the mood!

I don't need anything like that to enjoy the night. All I need is the dark with a few street lights, the cool, crisp air and the silence.

anonymous_joe

Town was vaguely threatening and ominous tonight. Curtailed my wanderings. Damned recession.

cyberwolf77

Thomas828 wrote: »

I don't need anything like that to enjoy the night. All I need is the dark with a few street lights, the cool, crisp air and the silence.

Sounds like what I'll be doing come Tuesday night. I need a good late night frolic.

Overheal

Night time wandering is liberating. More so now that I've got Wheels to drive.

You wanna talk about being afraid of the dark, I'd happily make it up to 110mph during the day. I'm basically ****ting myself if I go over 60 at night. Not being able to see as far as it would take me to come to a full stop at those speeds is unnerving even on the interstate.

We had a sudden cold spell over the weekend too: I can almost smell christmas. Its not even November.

Futurecrook

I love late night driving. Well, sitting in the back of the car while two of my friends drive. We've gone up to howth to watch the city lights and to the airport to watch planes a few times. There's just something really relaxing about it.

Overheal

My favorite drive is up and down I526 East at night. Theres this refinery by the bay that looks fantacular at night. The Street View wide angle lens however does this site No Justice. When I have batteries in my camera, Ive gotta go take some shots.

brendansmith

Overheal wrote: »

Night time wandering is liberating. More so now that I've got Wheels to drive.

You wanna talk about being afraid of the dark, I'd happily make it up to 110mph during the day. I'm basically ****ting myself if I go over 60 at night. Not being able to see as far as it would take me to come to a full stop at those speeds is unnerving even on the interstate.

We had a sudden cold spell over the weekend too: I can almost smell christmas. Its not even November.

They dont come much more off-topic than this

Overheal

brendansmith wrote: »

They dont come much more off-topic than this

Self defeating argument?