Up around 9:30. Had a shower and some lovely toast, then left Jack’s at 10:10 with the bike. I cycled over to Greenwich park where I helped a grandmother attach a leash to her granddaughters scooter. Then I went to the royal college to use their tables to write the last three entries in this journal.
It’s the day kids practice their music here so I’ve had a discordant soundtrack in the background for the last few hours. However a kindly father of one of the kids, who sat at the same table as me, gave me a cupcake his wife had baked. I guess I seem approachable these days. For now my hand is cramping, so I’ll leave it here.
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I went to a market by the Cutty Sark and bought an Arepa which was a lovely treat. Why travel when they have so much good food here? I explored Greenwich markets for a while then, around 14:30, cycled over to Dulwich. It was a decent, pleasant cycle. Such a relief after Istanbul. I arrived at 15:00.
I'd come back on this date partly because a uni friend (Joe) had invited me to a BBQ in Dulwich. It seemed a convenient reason.
I took it very easy this night, unlike some of Joe’s friends. The night started off slow, with England annihilating Chile in the rugby. As the night went on I drank a few beers interspersed with iced teas. Morgan (who I know vaguely from uni) turned up and I ended up spending most of the night with him and Matt (the same Matt I'd been with in Greece).
Not much else to say about the party really. Joe’s friend Teddy got very drunk and we spent much of the latter half of the night observing his antics. I saw Mia and Dara from last year but barely spoke to them. Mark (a uni friend) got very drunk, fell off a chair, and later had to be manoeuvred horizontal on a bed.
I made the acquaintance of a Nigerian called Tomni whi was very interested in the cycle, and fucked him up in flip cup. At the end of the night a girl, S, came in from outdoors with her top inside out and later, after I’d gone to bed, ended up stealing loads of clothes.
I left around 4 and settled down on a bean bag in the attic with Matt and Morgan. Outside they went in the hot tub. Perhaps I should have stayed up a little longer.
Ah well… I was tired.
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