Peace and quiet?

 Yesterday I watched a Youtube video by a channel called Wandering jeepsy.  The lady who makes the videos seems to car camp in her jeep in desert areas in the US.  Quite pleasent and relaxing to watch.

 Anyway long story short, she's parked up in the middle of the desert, miles from anywhere and a creepy guy shows up, parks about 30 yards away and just watches her for a while, before going.

 Obviously this makes her cautious, is he just nosing, or is he the local loonie who will come back later for a serial killing?  She doesnt know, so she ends up moving to another camp area for safety.  This spoils her day, needless to say.

 Now I feel sorry for her, she just wanted a bit of peace and quiet.  That I can relate too.  I know the feeling of never having any really "alone" time.

 Here in the overcrowded UK it's bloody hard to find anywhere away from other people.  Ok I dont have her worries of creepy stalkers, I dont care, if they pick on me tough, I dont take prisoners (your supposed to feed the fuckers, so bollocks to that) Anyway the peace and quiet bit is the issue.  I'm a sociable sort of bloke, but I do like a bit of quiet time too.

 I've been in a deserted, disused railway station miles from the nearest town, before I've set my tripod up I get " Hello, filimg?" from a passing mountain biker.  Another time I was on my local beach about 3.00 in the morning, a mile or so away from the nearest road.  Yet again I get "Hello, what are you doing?" from the passing loony.  WTF!  Of course he wants to be my new best mate....

 It seems that people dont have the common sense to realise someone on a beach in the middle of the bloody night is either fishing, or gone there for a bit of peace, that means they might not want to talk to every passing village idiot looking for a friend.

 Now for me it's just a PITA, for a woman on her own it's possibly a lot more serious, why dont people give other people space?  It seems odd as children we are told "don't talk to strangers" then as adults we often make a raging PITA of ourselves with some poor sod tying to relax.

So heres a top tip.  If you see me minding my own business, having a bit of peace and quiet, piss off and leave me alone.  Now if you dont it could go two different ways.  I might be friendly, explain what I'm doing and become your new best mate....   Or I might figure a life sentence means bugger all at my ages and I'd get 3 meals a day and lodgings, and probably more peace than I get now . SO THINK ABOUT IT.