Author Archives: Dreamaticus

Clifftop gun emplacement secrets (Rousse)

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Dreamaticus

We dug with our hands into the soft coastal soil. There we found multiple white, pock-marked, hollow, spherical objects the size of miniature rugby balls. They looked a bit like animal skulls, but TPR told me that they belonged to … Continue reading →

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Island accommodation mix-up (Rousse)

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Dreamaticus

HD-B washed up on the island having braved the high seas for an hour and a half in a tiny boat (barely the size of a coracle) with two others. Although she had suffered terribly from sea sickness, she was … Continue reading →

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Aircraft carrier accident (Rousse)

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Dreamaticus

JG lost both his legs from just below the knee in a freak accident with an aircraft carrier. He’d now acquired some software so that the rest of us could experience the same trauma in a simulated environment. I was … Continue reading →

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Party highs and lows (Rousse)

Posted on December 19, 2015 by Dreamaticus

Finally reunited, it was going to take more than looking after a bunch of party guests to prise me away from my comfortable position wrapped around XY on the sofa. He was wearing me like a stole and I loved … Continue reading →

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Michael Fassbender – fisherman, lover (Belle)

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Dreamaticus

It was while I was serving on the crew of an Alantic deep sea fishing vessel that I first met Michael Fassbender. The chemistry was immediate and before long we had jumped into the ocean in our bright yellow waterproofs … Continue reading →

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Supervising students while sailing (Rousse)

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Dreamaticus

It was a tough call: two honours project students needed attention, but my pals NP and GB had called in to see if I would come out to play. What made it more difficult was that we were all on … Continue reading →

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Tom Cruise is half-Korean (Rousse)

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Dreamaticus

We expected that TMcE would be telling us all about George Clooney, but instead he wanted to talk about Tom Cruise. I tried hard to listen as he revealed that Tom Cruise is half-Korean. This was all rather difficult because … Continue reading →

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Recycled train carriages make for a bumpy ride (Rousse)

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Dreamaticus

LK and I were charged with drawing a solar system of planets to represent the different sizes of the groups of actors covered in our research. JS would come along later to check our work. It was a tricky job … Continue reading →

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Too few cables and an ancient operating system (Rousse)

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Dreamaticus

I was happy to share an office with GW, but we really needed to do something about the IT facilities in our new room. We didn’t have enough cables to provide power to all our computer monitors, and those few … Continue reading →

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Cycling, a castle, and tightrope walking (Rousse)

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Dreamaticus

My morning routine was to get up bright and early, walk my bike through the village, then cycle home in the sunshine. One day I journeyed high into the countryside and visited a castle that doubled up as a hotel. … Continue reading →

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