Going for walk at night?

SkeeterUK · 9 Oct 2009 at 02:35

You reckon it be daft to go for a walk at night on ur own, been thinkin about it sometimes but duno, dont wana run into a gang of lads with no one around lol

Azagoth · 9 Oct 2009 at 02:38

I run at night and it's usually the police who hassle me.

AHarvey · 9 Oct 2009 at 02:47

as above, but so far no police.

But then, at 2am round here they are usually in bed

Nix · 9 Oct 2009 at 02:48

I do it all the time. You've got nothing to worry about.

Azagoth · 9 Oct 2009 at 02:50

AHarvey said:
as above, but so far no police.

But then, at 2am round here they are usually in bed

You must be lucky, then again I do live within spitting distance of Stoke police station.

snowdog · 9 Oct 2009 at 02:57

I often come home at silly times, at first I used to be a bit scared of going home alone from mates, got used to it after a while, no worries now at all any more and when I go out I often don't go home until between 2 and 7 am.
I'd quite comfortably take a walk any time at night.

.one. · 9 Oct 2009 at 02:58

Look out for day walker.

grudas · 9 Oct 2009 at 03:01

i would never leave my home at 1-2am.. x] i'd probably get stabbed 10mins after.. parks around... london.. n17 post code.. you can imagine how it is here at night.. with mates no problemo lol x]

dave_beast · 9 Oct 2009 at 03:07

grudas said:
i would never leave my home at 1-2am.. x] i'd probably get stabbed 10mins after.. parks around... london.. n17 post code.. you can imagine how it is here at night.. with mates no problemo lol x]

Same over here in sunny E16, don't go out after dark unless in the car :eek:

marc2003 · 9 Oct 2009 at 03:08

depends where you live i guess. i'd have no worries going out anywhere around where i live.

dave_beast · 9 Oct 2009 at 03:12

Local crime stats :O

http://www.findaproperty.com/crimefacts.aspx?edid=00&salerent=0&areaid=0474

SkeeterUK · 9 Oct 2009 at 03:12

Council houses about and u know what that means

Lots of chavs.

dave_beast · 9 Oct 2009 at 03:14

Problem round here is that the new developments in Docklands are right next to the Jeremy Kyle participant pool!

Hotwired · 9 Oct 2009 at 03:20

Walking? How is that fun... mind you cycling at 3am in the morning round Cambridge city centre is surprisingly enjoyable.

I say cycling but it's more like speed for the fun of it where during the day it'd be impossible.

Nice and cool too

dave_beast · 9 Oct 2009 at 03:23

Doesn't everyone cycle around Cambridge? A few friends of mine are studying there, and a bike is obligatory, like Jack Wills!

Hotwired · 9 Oct 2009 at 03:34

Hooching with cyclists here.

It's basically flat as a pancake. Like a pancake it has its minor ups and downs but overall it's very easy going.

In rush hour bike most definitely beats car and interesting odds during normal traffic depending on where you're going as much of the centre is off limits to personal cars, infested with one way streets etc.

Azagoth · 9 Oct 2009 at 04:38

grudas said:
i would never leave my home at 1-2am.. x] i'd probably get stabbed 10mins after.. parks around... london.. n17 post code.. you can imagine how it is here at night.. with mates no problemo lol x]

dave_beast said:
Same over here in sunny E16, don't go out after dark unless in the car

Seriously, you can't leave your own homes without the fear of being attacked? What sort of sad state of affairs is that?

dave_beast · 9 Oct 2009 at 04:53

Azagoth said:
Seriously, you can't leave your own homes without the fear of being attacked? What sort of sad state of affairs is that?

London in general, lack of Police, local council who only use CCTV to generate £££ from parking infringements, rather than pursuing the drug dealers, prostitutes, pimps, gangs, thieves.

Not saying there's no part of London that's safe to walk in at night, just that most of E London (maybe except parts of Chingford) are no go areas.

Kainz · 9 Oct 2009 at 05:04

I used to go for walks every night from 10-11pm. It's just too dangerous now in my town of Harrow, Weald.

kylew · 9 Oct 2009 at 05:35

Azagoth said:
You must be lucky, then again I do live within spitting distance of Stoke police station.

Just out of curiosity, where is Stoke police station? (area wise)

In my area, wavertree liverpool, it's perfectly fine to go for a stroll any time of day or night in my experience.

I regularly make trips to asda early morning, 2-5 AM because it's really quiet, and all the shelves are getting or have already been stocked back up with fresh off the truck goods.

So that means nice pre-chilled orange lucozades for me

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Funnily enough, I'm noticing that lucozade appears to be the most popular soft drink that I know of, orange especially.

Both Stoke and Liverpool super markets always seem to have a huge gap in their shelves where the oranges used to be, with the other flavours practically untouched.

Maybe everyone's like me, I went and hoarded a massive amount from tesco recently when they were £1.71 per 6 pack.

Got my self around 30 6 packs. (yes it is by far my favourite drink *twitch*)