Call me strange but I really love my car and love driving...

Knowing the open road is there below me...knowing that putting my foot down will whisk me away to new places and new sights...knowing that there are all these beautiful parts of the UK I still haven't seen...

Some of the most beautiful drives I have had include....

Brecon -> Llanfyllin - I did this journey pretty much every other week for a year. It took in a large part of the county of Powys and as I took in the back routes it was never anything but breathtaking...past Llanidloes, Llandinam, Newtown and all those lovely little rural places...

Llangynidr -> Bromsgrove - a trip I don't make as often as I probably should for various reasons....I guess I love this journey because it is the one I take home to Claire...I know that at the end of it she will be there waiting for me and I love that feeling...It does also take into some gorgeous sights like the Black Mountains, the Sugar Loaf mountain and other bits of gorgeous Wales and Gloucestershire...

The same journeys in reverse (not reverse gear but the opposite way around) don't fill me with the same joy though and that makes me feel heavy hearted. When I took the journey from Llanfyllin to Llangynidr I almost felt like I was leaving my freedom behind. Returning to a world where my every move was monitored even though I was well over the age of 18...likewise the journey from Bromsgrove to Llangynidr is one into a world of lies - everyone here believes I have a full time job and that I am single and it's a pretence that is hard to live up to...

It all comes down once again to parents...their refusal to accept me and love me for who I am...

If I ever have children I will always love them for who they are and not who I want them to be...whether they are gay, straight or bi...who cares as long as they are happy!