Monthly Archives: August 2019

Rick Parfitt top tipper (Rousse)

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Dreamaticus

Status Quo’s Rick Parfitt lay on the top of the bed in my ornate Victorian bedroom. He was doing his best to tempt me back to his own house, but I was not interested in following him. Instead I was … Continue reading →

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Strawberry-growing, shoe-designing Rousse

Posted on August 29, 2019 by Dreamaticus

We had great success growing strawberries under our flourishing redcurrant bush. Our only mistake was to harvest the early fruit to ripen elsewhere while making room for the next crop. KT told us that doing so would ruin the soil, … Continue reading →

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Double entendre speaking début (Rousse)

Posted on August 25, 2019 by Dreamaticus

While speaking to a class of disengaged further education students, BD made the most inappropriate double entendre. It was both appalling and hysterical – and I could not hold back my laughter from under a huge paper bed sheet at … Continue reading →

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Fashion for homeless apes (Rousse)

Posted on August 24, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I felt sorry for the homeless gorillas and other apes who lived rough on the traffic roundabout. Now that it was winter they had somehow managed to fashion themselves a form of clothing from discarded grain sacks, but I feared … Continue reading →

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Pit bull rescue goes over the edge (Belle)

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I was sitting in the back seat of the Land Rover as Craig of the New York Bully Crew drove us down to the cliff and straight over the edge. I saw it was about to happen, regretted I hadn’t … Continue reading →

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A murderer on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne (Rousse)

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Dreamaticus

We had a couple of hours to spare so crossed the causeway to Holy Island. In the distance on the headland we saw JS. We called ‘Broken bone!’ at her and she responded with a wave and a smile. When … Continue reading →

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Jack and the Beanstalk party time (Rousse)

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Dreamaticus

The first person to mention a Jack and the Beanstalk themed party was RG-J. It was at a party that I was hosting that I overheard her mention this to some mutual friends. Only a couple of minutes later another … Continue reading →

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An Italian bathroom shortage (Rousse)

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I was in Italy for a week, staying in a room within a hall of residence block. The space was so tight throughout the whole building that I doubted that anyone even slightly overweight would manage to move around it … Continue reading →

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A private performance by the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre (Rousse)

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Dreamaticus

Edinburgh’s East Claremont Street was closed to traffic for a performance of the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre. We all gathered on the northern side of the road against the high hedge of Claremont Crescent Garden. The performers lined up … Continue reading →

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Racial identification and job changes (Rousse)

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Dreamaticus

After two weeks in the sun, C looked like an African. I asked if he was looking forward to experiencing racial prejudice first hand. Meanwhile I became more and more distressed as I realised that it was impossible to pull … Continue reading →

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