Country Roads · 22 October 2003
2.2km – Van, speeding, being tailgated by a second. Both are passed by a third.
4.9km – Houses.
5.7km – Guy pulled over to take a whiz on the side of the road.
7.1km – White Peugeot flipped over the night before.
10.3km – Four gendarmes in a small marked car, just tooling around.
13.5km – Same hunter with same shotgun leans against same van, waiting.
15.0km – Old man, bicycle, cap, sweater vest, baguette, the full deal.
16.3km – Tall balding Canadian in sensible Passat wagon (the car’s name is Bob) ponders the logic behind burning a CD on which ‘Straight Outta Compton’ is followed by ‘Sk8er Boi’, then remembers something he said years ago that was completely dickheaded, then winces, then decides that it makes more sense that the first thing you see after clicking the Pages tab is the Default layout in editable form, rather than a list, because ninety nine times out of a hundred that’s what you’re going for anyway.
19.9 km – Guy pulled over to take a whiz on the side of the road.
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