Driving over the recessed rail tracks, the tyres thud against the plastic-metal-plastic combo.
I bring the car to a steady crawl, as the rain is pouring down, wipers clearing the new drops only to be replaced with more.
We pull across the road into the driveway of a place I’ve been before.
The repurposed trainstation house looms into sight and I bring the car to a stop, parking as close to the path we’re about to run down.
The host is already waiting to do the run, torch in hand, he greets us both, helping my redheaded girl out of the car while I grab the bag which I stupidly put in the back of the car.
Typical, the one time I didn’t have the back seats up, the skies open and the bag is nearer the boot.
I lean in and grab the black bag, my trusty bag that’s been with me through my teens and into adulthood. I can feel the rain hitting my back like a drumstick on a skin, I hear the rain through my body as I run towards the fading light.