Autobiography - Cautious exploration.

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Autobiography

Cautious exploration

We were down bound, devoid of any sense of judgment. We could see the river overflowing with colossal force; the mass of murky brown water rushed down towards the waterfall. There had been an unyielding downpour of rain lasting the best part of three days; this was unusual for the midsummer months.

Neil, my best friend and contemporary, thought nothing less than to go ahead as planned, he believed our normal excursion would be even better today. Paul and Steve were at the age of 16, a few years older than us, and showed more self-restraint at the idea. We made our way over the stiles, along a narrow dusty red path, which lay above a natural body of running water. The distinct smell of wild river plants lingered up our nostrils. Neil began popping peculiar looking flower buds at my face, which I returned, popping buds back at Neil. This was great fun and we had not a care in the world.

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Once over the cast iron bridge and yet another style we found ourselves facing the “red rocks”, as we called them. I mentioned to my friends that I had once fallen 30 feet down from the top, while attempting to climb across the face of the rock. Neil had this look of disbelief and started to laugh saying,

“That’s a bit of a porky init”,

“No word of a lie, the god’s honest true I said” Neil was a joker, at the best of times.

As our destination became closer, we could hear ...

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