10 November 2012
I felt slightly uncomfortable in the company of all these men. That was strange as it never normally bothered me but this was different. I felt like I didn't belong and they knew that. They pushed and jostled to get a better view. Grubby hands grasping through the throng of bodies. Some of these men obviously had experience of this sort of thing. They knew what they wanted and they snatched like hungry children. Others were new to it. They gazed around at the beauties on display, mouths wide open in awe. They wandered up and down drinking it all in and not knowing where to start. An hour or so passed by and I couldn't take any more. I had to get out of here. The single minded obsession of these men was suffocating. 'I'm just going for some air' I said to my partner and pushed my way through the sweaty crowd to the door. As I got outside I breathed in deeply and vowed that I would never again visit a Model Railway Exhibition.
The Lone Woman • Opuss № I