APOCALYPTICO PT2 - THE HOODED MAN

So, the second part of this is really 2 separate parts..

I was too tired to finish the other day off by saying that as I'm sitting there wearing my Haskon Virtuator, I got to watch the 7th fire I've seen in London in 4 and a half years...

I was tapping away at this very machine and I could smell bruning. This is nothing unusual here on Fish Island. There are several businesses within a few hundred yards who frequently brun shit. There are also a band of kids who steal mototrbikes, ride them around then burn them...

Well, I ignored the smell thinking it was another Dominos Pizzas bike aflame, but it was getting stronger, so I peered out of the glass and found the 4 storey building opposite was going up a treat!

The building is derelict and behind it sits the biggest pile of dirt on Fish Island (there are many). It's been stood there for a while by itself, the rest has long since been turned to dust, but that bit stayed like a turret.

It's gone now. The day after the fireman closed the road and hosed the fucker down, the diggers knocked it over and now I can see the pile of dirt uninterupted on all sides.

I have photos of the whole scenario and of the Hiscock Gibralorra attached to my chest.- they will be on here just as soon as my new memory card reader arrives...


So, the next day I trailed back up to wonderful Willesden to return my Hecktish Fabulator. I arrived bang on 12.27pm which it turned out was the time i was supposed to be there...

On the way, I again had to walk through the living room of the Hooded man. He clearly lives just there on the side of the canal. This time his pushchair was loaded with rags and he was in the very same position, starring straight forward..

On the way back I could see him from a distance. He was pacing up and down. He saw me coming and when I was close, reassumed his position standing and starring at the water..

I'm gonna end up talking to the fucker. I can ignore almost anyone at will, but I can't walk through that guys front room everyday for 3 weeks and not at least say hello..

I like the area a great deal anyway. There are some decent derelict buildings. Plenty to explore...