Hey everyone, it’s been a crazy week.
I took my daughter to one of her makeup jobs for a film as it was the other side of London and she couldn’t park anywhere and after a long day, she would not be in a fit state to drive home. So it was mum chauffeur… funny thing is I used to do chauffeuring in my single days, driving a stretch limo. Occasionally, I would get the men asking if I was qualified and I would say “yes I am certified!”
So I dropped my daughter off and I went to find a cemetery to photograph some headstones. Well when I got there, outside on the road there were 2 fire engines, an ambulance and police cars. I asked if it was ok to go into the graveyard and they say ok. I was wandering around clearing the brambles and happily photographing headstones, when a policeman waved at me and wanted a chat.
Apparently someone had gone missing and people were searching for a few days in the area. Well they found them deceased in an overgrown part of the cemetery…. He was asking why I was in the cemetery, so i explained that I volunteer to take photos and transcribe the headstones and put them on the internet so that people can find their ancestors. He said that his colleagues were saying it was a shame that after a few generations the graves are forgotten and they were unkempt and in a bad state and that the weeds had taken over. I don’t know what came over me but I started saying the stupidiest thing… I said that this particular cemetery was so bad that you could kill yourself trying to find the graves and clear the brambles…. Omg I could not believe I put my foot in it. As soon as the words came out I wished I hadn’t said it.