Author Archives: Dreamaticus

Topless David Beckham’s River Tweed tattooist (Rousse)

Posted on January 21, 2019

David Beckham’s tattooist lived with his family on the banks of the River Tweed. I discovered the artist’s identity the day that TPR drove us to the tiny riverside cottage in his new black sports car . I admired the … Continue reading →

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Driver and passenger walk free from overturned Volvo (Rousse)

Posted on January 16, 2019

Having successfully negotiated the main section of the journey to Edinburgh with my maternal grandmother in the smaller of my mother’s two silver Volvos, I lost concentration on a road that had been partially cordoned off, slammed into a traffic … Continue reading →

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When your new neighbours are reality television stars (Rousse)

Posted on January 12, 2019

The new upstairs neighbours had moved in! I was able to confirm this to TPR and DM from the bedroom window as I watched a car arrive in the new parking space behind our garden. Before long we noticed that … Continue reading →

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Catastrophic Christmas cooking (Belle)

Posted on January 9, 2019

Initially told to cater for ten people, there were now 24 people crushed around a dining table holding their knives and forks vertically and expressing impatience. There was chaos behind the scenes. No one was helping me, and when I … Continue reading →

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Tutor daughter thwarts student mother’s study success (Rousse)

Posted on January 9, 2019

My mother had only been studying for a week, so had barely opened the book when I told her that it was time for her first exam. I was somewhat responsible for the panic that ensued. I really should have … Continue reading →

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Left behind groceries at LIDL (Rousse)

Posted on January 8, 2019

A pile of groceries lay on the floor at the entrance to LIDL: a cabbage, a dozen potatoes, a few sprouts, and six tins of tomatoes. They’d been there for at least two days, but nobody knew the reason why. … Continue reading →

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From turtles to a wish to weigh under ten stone (Rousse)

Posted on January 6, 2019

I left my school friend KC in charge of the mixed selection of beautiful green-striped turtles that were climbing up our side of the bath. This allowed me to drive south to collect my mother from my cousins’ house in … Continue reading →

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