Monthly Archives: February 2017

Katie Price is a patchwork of plastic surgery (Rousse)

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I joined Katie Price and Peter Mandelson as an extra on a film set in Edinburgh. Up close Katie Price looked terrible. Her face was a patchwork of plastic surgery and the reconstruction of her teeth barely disguised.

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Missing Antigua (Rousse)

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Dreamaticus

We arrived in Antigua a day too early for our holiday so were obliged to fly back home immediately. Unfortunately after all this additional travel we slept through the alarm on the day that we were meant to set off … Continue reading →

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Time-lapse Hebridean video (deleted) (Rousse)

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Dreamaticus

The bathroom window provided a perfect frame for the Hebridean scene of highland cattle grazing beside the vast beach. Clouds raced across the sky overhead. I captured all this as a time-lapse video on my iPhone – then just as … Continue reading →

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Viking parade disrupts travel on the 26 bus route through Musselburgh (Rousse)

Posted on February 4, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I hadn’t appreciated the urgency of AB’s departure from Musselburgh until after her parents WB and AB had waved her off in a taxi back to the city centre. Indeed I was quite upset because I could have shared the … Continue reading →

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Loughborough moves a little closer to Glasgow (Rousse)

Posted on February 4, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I was keen to learn the geography of Loughborough. So instead of taking a taxi, I walked from the city centre to the out-of-town hill-top university campus. I was surprised at how few students I saw en route. I guessed … Continue reading →

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Richard Osman and Alexander Armstrong are diamond geezers

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman had a new variety-style game show. 100 audience members had each been given a sandwich bag full of fake gems of all sizes and colours. By the end of the show one lucky audience member … Continue reading →

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A dull metal sparkle dress for the White House Ball (Rousse)

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Dreamaticus

The other two women in the dressing room had attended balls at the White House on many other similar occasions, but this was my first time. I had no say in my outfit. It was delivered with the gowns for … Continue reading →

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Malnourished student rescued from cold classroom (Rousse)

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I found D naked on all fours in the cold classroom where he he had taken refuge before Christmas. He looked terrible. His long hair had matted into dreadlocks, and he was dangerously thin having not eaten for about six … Continue reading →

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Staying with friends during house renovations, and a parsnip cheese (Rousse)

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Dreamaticus

While their flat was being renovated BM and RG initially stayed with MSB and DB, but now it was our turn to play host. We didn’t have much space for them because there were many others also in residence at … Continue reading →

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