h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

1) On a small tarnished plaque abandoned on a cash machine:

Patch
1975 - 1993

2) A field looking very autumnal. A small pile of spilled earth and a little distance away an empty wheelbarrow on its side.

3) An old fashioned brick bus stop. Two girls, around thirteen or fourteen laying on their stomachs on the roof, hanging over the front edge a little, looking down at the street, kicking their legs. They looked very happy.

4) last night, talking in bed with G. She told me about Ham manor. It was gutted by fire in the 40s. Turned into a caravan park, old people live there in static caravans now. As a child she would go walking there with her grandmother. There is a coy pond. Surrounded by old brick arches and stone benches. As a child there were fish in the pond. She's been back since and there aren't any anymore.



I have a solid plot for the last one, it got into my head when she told me about it and I mulled it over as I was going to sleep and then woke up this morning still thinking about it. It's a great set for a short story and I think the ideas I've got to go with it will work very well. Now I'm going to have a brain itch about it till it gets written.

1-3 are things I noticed on the way into work today. Don't know if I'll do anything with them but I found them interesting and wanted to record them.