On Friday evening there was a 'party' at the picnic table at the join of the two paths up Gill Banks.
On my stroll to enjoy the evening air, I came across a noisy group of about twelve young lads and three girls - some were well on the way to being drunk.
They were joined by a car driving, you could say, wrecklessly up the upper path and back down and disgorging another eight or more young lads in the Gill - car number noted - Y878 XFV.
They had promissed to clear up after them.
This, to their great credit they did (unless someone else came along and did it for them early Saturday).
Apart from the high jinks of dumping my bike, which I had carelessly left behind, in the beck, I have no complaints.
This activity led me on Saturday to consider a new ex-stream sport - riding at speed down the beck on a bike. But I resisted the temptation.
Sad however that so many young people turn to drink as a fun activity - resulting in early liver disease and responsible for the kind of antisocial behaviour that we got when the Roxy was open till the early hours, but also, apparently, to a high proportion of hospital admissions as the NHS struggles to cope with what goes wrong in our society.
Perhaps a dance would have been more fun - there are plenty of talented musicians about. Or what about a midnight walk - or would the coughing cows, lurking behind the hedges, have put them off?
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Could it be that alcohol is mostly consumed to release inhibitions and afterwards provide an excuse for possible bad behaviour? Let's face it, many adults of all ages provide bad examples to the young. Alcohol is too cheap. Revenues should help pay for the heavy cost to the NHS and policing.
So sad that people, especially the young, ruin their health in this destructive manner.
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