Stephen had seemed enthusiastic about the walk, when Benny first invited
him. He kept going on about how amazing it'd be, the two of them out in
the wilderness - the landscape shots, the pubs, etc., etc.
Benny didn't interrupt this stream of enthusiasm. They were in the car
park of the Miners, and Benny was too busy concentrating on his own
stream of piss. He didn't think about it at all until the next morning.
When he remembered inviting Stephen, Benny laughed out loud - a single
ha - then spent three minutes silent-screaming into his pillow.
****
Benny thought that it would be him and his dad doing the walk. Just him
and his father, hiking through the Welsh countryside, like they used to.
Only, when his dad got ill, it became obvious that this would never
happen. So Benny was forced to consider other options.
If Benny is honest, him and Stephen haven't been close since school, but
once Benny had drunkenly blurted out the invitation, he couldn't take it
back.
Now Benny and Stephen are on the walk. A walk Benny has vowed to finish,
no matter how hard it is. But as food runs low and money runs out,
Stephen and Benny find themselves stranded on the edge of the world, far
from home, where the possibility of return is becoming increasingly
distant...
