DJ Comments

you're very welcome, I love reading detailed dream journals

Thank you very much for your comments! That is really good advice, yes in reflection I did not take no where near enough time to ground myself.
Yeah that is interesting to consider...the 'pull' of the dream story eventually took over.
I guess because it kind of took me off guard. Next time!!
Interesting point about breathing through the nose, I'm going to use that for a while and see how it goes

this was quite surely a LD. It happens to lose lucidity somewhere along the road, I sometimes have the impression that the dream world actively tries to get you back into it's normal boundaries. DCs are trying to get me into some kind of plot, and if I follow I lose control after a while and the dream just continues as a regular dream.

The important stuff is: you realized you were dreaming and you even did a RC to assure you. I'd advise to resort to the nose pinch rc, as it is much more powerful, to me at least. It reminds you of your sleeping body, you can feel and sometimes hear it. I guess that's too much for some people and they wake up because of that, but for me it is the ultimate "proof". A dream can tell me I have 18 fingers, or that I can punch my finger through my palm (that feels strange, too) but that breathing through closed nose/mouth thing really does the trick imo. It feels so impossible and off.

Take more time so stabilize next time, the experience will be much better. In your case I would have knelt down and feel the cobblestones, inspect their every detail, notice if my hands get wet if they seems wet etc. You get the idea. Involve your senses. This will settle you deep inside the dream world and will greatly enhance vision, control, the whole experience.

Thank you gab

Nice! You realized about the RCs, good job. And nice use of different RCs. Congrats to your lucid and welcome to Dreamviews!