I remember when I used to enjoy this sweat drenched time of the year, as a 15 year old I had my best summer. The highlight being the time I hit a two year old girl in the face with a water balloon and her dad then chased us and eventually punched me in the head WHAT A LAUGH. Maybe that's why I can't seem to find any enjoyment in summer anymore. Now, If I was to soak a toddler with a Super Soaker I'd be facing prison, and shouting "WETTER IS BETTER" whilst drenching her would surely lead to further criminal punishment and probably a thorough prison raping....
Youth is about discovery and in summer you had all the time in the world to do just that. But now you're older and you've realised that your 2litre of Strongbow tastes like shit and having a job is vital as it fund your social activities (aka casual alcoholism) because your discovery of youth pretty much stopped when you found out that Smirnoff Ice tasted just like lemonade (it took me a while to except beer, we're now good friends).
So as I've gotten older my sense of adventure hasn't been lost, more hindered by the need for a job and the feeling of being a bit older. Some people try to find adventure by going abroad, but for the majority of people it's just like going to a new bar in a sunnier climate. Going to the costa del sol to sit in "Vals Beer and Burger Bar" doesn't interest me much. I might as well go to Burger King with a Lucozade bottle full of vodka and a heat lamp.
This is what I imagine Val to look like...
So when I was younger I explored parts of life that I now know as social boundaries and while I can't go around at the age of 20 with a bag of water balloons aiming them at every house window/car/little girl, there needs to be a bit more daring adventure in my summer.
At this point I'd like to remind you that this is a blog to myself and I am aware there are a people who possess a natural inquisitive mentality towards life, and I hate them (obviously jealousy)
So here's where I need your help. I want to make the most of this summer. I want to spend all of my spare time wisely, explore what's local to me and maybe what's not so local. Football, drinking and BBQ are good but there needs to be more to fill my the 4 month gap in my year. So let's hire a boat? Go camping, cycling? Visit a shit castle fight with some locals? Something to recapture the sense of youthful adventure. I was 20 this year, so this is probably what they'd call a quarter life crisis. So I need YOUR help to keep me adventuring.
As much as I love Tim Wonnacot there's only so much Bargain Hunt I can watch this summer.
YEAH.
