Chris Brown
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Hello, gents, blah, blah.
Your story on dogging made me cast my mind back to a time in the past which I had tried to forget.
Something you could say is a thought that most straight blokes would want to delete from their memory.
It was the height of Covid and as a young lad getting out of the house away from the family for a little while once a day was absolute bliss.
The constant arguments between siblings over who's doing what, the endless moaning from the parents that I must do more, you know how it was.
At the time, all the shops near me selling vapes were closed, so I picked up the habit of smoking cigarettes, something my parents had no idea about, and it would have opened up a massive can of worms if ever they found out.
My daily routine was telling them, I'm just nipping out to the shop, does anybody want anything?
Then I'd head off, find a quiet spot in the local area where no one would see me.
Sometimes a walk, sometimes a local woods or a car park.
The car park near me seemed like a good idea at the time.
Driving straight in, nice views and then leave without any fuss.
Setting the scene, it was a lovely summer's evening, one of those beautiful dusks we had so often during lockdown when all the beer gardens were closed.
I drove up, parked right in the middle of this large, empty car park, about 30 beers, jumped out of the driver's seat with a mile of gold in my hand, sat on the bonnet and started smoking while taking in the scenery.
Just to give you an idea.
A bit like the one at where we stop at Manchester.