Truman's Cage
August 31st 2007 20:51
In the movie, 'The Truman Show' there is a scene where the young Truman is at school, a geography class I believe and he wants to know what is beyond the fringes of his town, Seahaven. The teacher assures him that there is nothing important, nothing exciting beyond Seahaven and that the place he currently is is the best place, the safest...anything else would be a disappointment in comparison to his current life. For the young Truman, the only world he knows is that of his town but even as a child, his curiosity about the wider space of 'beyond' beckons. He was one of us, a brave traveller. Even within his gilded cage, the young Truman was pressing his face against the bars.
As you follow the road around the bay, onto Evans Bay Parade and further to Cobham Drive, you will find the terrain flat but you will still be fighting the wind. The motorway runs along this stretch and you will be buffeted on one side by the ocean and on the other side by the cars tearing past but if you continue on your rental bike, you come across an old, now mostly abandoned Air force base, the Shelly Bay Air force base. You can 'drive' through it, although it's not officially a road. I have memories of riding through the base and feeling the people that must have lived there, perhaps for World War II but now the halls and accommodation sit quietly, peeling in the wind and the sun. If you continue past, you will come to Shelly Bay and here it's quieter. The cars that drive through are normally not the tearing type but have slowed down and will spend a moment taking in the view. You should do the same.
As you follow the road around the bay, onto Evans Bay Parade and further to Cobham Drive, you will find the terrain flat but you will still be fighting the wind. The motorway runs along this stretch and you will be buffeted on one side by the ocean and on the other side by the cars tearing past but if you continue on your rental bike, you come across an old, now mostly abandoned Air force base, the Shelly Bay Air force base. You can 'drive' through it, although it's not officially a road. I have memories of riding through the base and feeling the people that must have lived there, perhaps for World War II but now the halls and accommodation sit quietly, peeling in the wind and the sun. If you continue past, you will come to Shelly Bay and here it's quieter. The cars that drive through are normally not the tearing type but have slowed down and will spend a moment taking in the view. You should do the same.
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