My partner (that really is a shitty word, right up there with '''journey' and 'consumer' ) doesn't live with me and stresses a bit about me walking before dawn. I've been doing it for years and have only had a couple of 'windy' moments with cars stopping in random places or people appearing where I didn't expect them to be.
Too bad. I'm heavy and old and grumpy and no stranger to violence. Not, I would imagine, the first choice of victim and though there are psychopaths out there, really, what are my chances? I hitch hiked around Australia in my twenties and survived that. I refuse to give up something that keeps me sane for fear of encountering someone who isn't.