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Three-legged dogs in the classroom (Rousse)

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Dreamaticus

The students chose their modules using a manual ‘course sorter’. This was an enormous sectioned white roller blind. The Chinese contingent was extremely disappointed not to be able to select a particular combination of modules. However, this was not my … Continue reading →

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Moomin art in the Outer Hebrides (Rousse)

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Dreamaticus

Having  tired of watching footage of my sister-in-law J making an early departure from a reality television series, the rest of us set off to find more interesting entertainment on the Isle of Lewis. TPR and I contrasted the new … Continue reading →

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A comedian, lipstick on a hairbrush and a conference with rottweilers (Belle)

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Dreamaticus

The food at this conference WAS good, I admitted begrudgingly. This didn’t stop me shouting loudly that the slices of Spanish omelette were too large.  The person responsible for the catering success was Australian comedian Chris Lilley, whom I had … Continue reading →

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Dog in a pram – a love story (Belle)

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Dreamaticus

My dog fell in love with a dog in a pram. Its owners (and now my in-laws) took us on a tour of the terraced houses in Birmingham. In one of the kitchens, the hostess pulled back the louvred wooden … Continue reading →

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The dance of the hotel spa radishes (Rousse)

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Dreamaticus

There was nobody at the reception desk when I tried to check into the hotel. Having made a couple of enquiries as to their whereabouts, I found the staff lined up along the edge of the hotel playing field. They … Continue reading →

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Escaping from book group (Rousse)

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Dreamaticus

Left in charge of the book group, SC transformed it into an escape game. All the clues could be found on the reverse side of the place mats, just beneath our dinner plates on the table.

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A PhD bigamist (Rousse)

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I married one of my PhD students in a secret ceremony. Indeed it was so secret that I didn’t even attend the wedding. Several years later I was finally facing up to this misdemeanour. Soon I would confess all to … Continue reading →

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Another restaurant fire on Edinburgh’s Broughton Street (Rousse)

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Dreamaticus

A new restaurant was opening on Broughton Street in the space between the two cafés that had recently burnt down.  It was rumoured that the owners were trying to decide a name that would capture the notion that their place … Continue reading →

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Disco ballet and flooded fish fingers (Belle)

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I had been living in the Lewisham Tesco superstore for over 30 years and once again the roof in frozen foods was leaking. At work I complained to my boss: “Nothing makes me feel part of a team more than … Continue reading →

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Mystery childhood relic unearthed in Glasgow (Rousse)

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Dreamaticus

SC and I ‘picked up’ the Glasgow University academic just outside Queen Street station. Rather than catch our train back to Edinburgh, we followed him across town to his office, intrigued by an invitation to consult his exercise book. In … Continue reading →

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