wild swimmin’

“Where there is love, there is no question.” – the label on my yogi tea

Wow i almost forgot to post today. Been very hungover due to a long day of swimming and drinking yesterday. What a beautiful day it was!

Had a lovely visit in the morning from a couple of my friends, got mega baked while forgetfully getting ready. Wandering to and from each side of the room aimlessly. After a while Katy gave me a lift to my friends flat, where we were picked up and the adventure began!

We drove from town out into the middle of nowhere, picked up a friend who just finished work nearby, and headed to the castle where there was a beautiful massive loch to swim in, the weather was warm and on the walk down to the loch I began spotting some mushrooms growing, unexpected as the season isn’t meant to have started yet really. This was a good spot for certain, mushrooms are magical.

I drank beer and smoked weed and wandered about looking for some mushrooms, found a bunch and took them all on the spot, they were pretty nice. Soaked up the sun, dipped in the loch and then we moved on to our next spot, the river, yay!

We drove to the spot where we were to meet a friend off the bus, was starting to feel a bit buzzed while waiting. Some nice chats at the side of the road were had and it was nice to see Lizzy again after quite some time.

The area is one where I grew up so it’s so lovely visiting these places again; nostalgic, and all the places are so beautiful. The river was near a big castle with large gardens, an adventure playpark, with massive slides and flying foxes and hills to roll down, and endless forests to walk in, with rivers and loch’s all about.

We followed a path down to a bit called the mermaid’s pool, there was a big rock in the middle of the river which looks like a place where mermaid’s sing their songs from. It was so spectacular.

We swam and some people dived from the rocks, bathed in the sun and dipped in and out of the water. I sat and stared at the clouds and the trees and the water, usually they fill me with joy and vibrancy, but this was a whole other level. Everything felt a bit more, in the loveliest way.

Eventually we headed back into town after the sun went down, it felt like I was back in Thailand, the night-time warmth was exotic and nostalgic. I wasn’t sure what to do now, either go home and relax and eat, go out to the pubs to meet a friend or go to Shauns. I chose the latter at the last minute, just sort of let me legs take me where my body should go.

We had a good night, pretty chill, I drank rum and we half watched the muppets: treasure island while massaging each other, which led to other stuff…

We both fell in and out of consciousness and eventually it was morning, it was warm but we cuddled and kissed and eventually got up. He asked if I wanted to go for a shower, I was hungover but thought it would be a nice thing to do anyway so we went and held each other and washed each other under the flow.

He was already pretty late for work by this point, so he walked me home on his way to work, and we hugged goodbye and wished each other a nice day.

Which it has been, I’ve just been chillin out since then with my cat, was planning on going to an open mic night but stayed in instead and had a day off from the booze.

I’m going to meet up with my sisters tomorrow, one is coming down from the city to visit. Then lots to do in town in the evening. So will probably head to bed soon, I’m glad that I wrote this post for today. It’s nice to have this as a memory to look back on.

Here’s a poem from a while ago, been a while since I looked at it, but hope you enjoy.