Category Archives: Uncategorized

Cannabis dealer takes cash in Leith (Rousse)

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Dreamaticus

On my way walk back from Leith along the cycle path I picked up a couple of heavy bin bags that PL was about to send to the charity shop. Inside them I found a pile of brand new hand-knitted … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bag, bin, campus, cannabis, cash, charity, cycle, data, dealer, hand-knit, heavy, jersey, journey, jumper, Leith, man, money, mother, path, pub, purse, rescue, resin, shop, stick, sweater, toddler, TPR | Leave a comment

Sledgehammer attacker and accomplice break in through bathroom window (Rousse)

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Why was the bathroom window open? Why was the burglar alarm ringing? I looked up and caught sight of the man with the sledgehammer. His accomplice was right behind him. ‘Oh my God!’ muttered my husband under his breath. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 999, accomplice, alarm, attack, attacker, bathroom, bludgeon, break-in, burglar, death, dial, husband, man, phone, sledgehammer, window | Leave a comment

The girl is mine by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson: a third singer revealed (Rousse)

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Sir Paul McCartney was with us on the day that we set off for lunch at a new restaurant that RG had recently opened in the south west of Scotland. It only served food at lunchtime, yet the reviews were … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cliff, cliff-top, companion, food, girl, hide, lunch, Michael Jackson, mine, news, party, Paul McCartney, record, restaurant, review, Scotland, sea, singer, Sir Paul McCartney, The girl is mine, third, view | Leave a comment

Spy penguins deployed to improve University security (Rousse)

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Dreamaticus

The University issued an orange and black plastic spy penguin to each member of staff. Mine was tall, thin and male. AL was very proud of his slightly overweight female bird with wide floppy ears. The powers that be instructed … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beady, bird, black, colleague, computer, ear, eye, female, floppy, male, office, Orange, overweight, penguin, spy, steal, student, tall, thief, thin, track, university | Leave a comment

University reunion surprises (Rousse)

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Dreamaticus

At the university reunion one girl complained that her breast reduction surgery had not been worth the bother, another seemed unable to sit still at the table (until we realised that she was popping out for cigarettes every ten minutes … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged breast, cigarette, class, girl, kitchen, member, reductiom, restaurant, reunion, success, surprise, table, university | Leave a comment

Heart disease stunts growth (Rousse)

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Somehow I had to extract myself from under the sand dune before the tide came up any further, then swim across the bay to join the others on the island. The tricky part was to push my way out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bay, disease, dislodge, dune, father, heart, height, illness, island, parent, sand, small, suffocate, symptom, tide, tiny | Leave a comment

Student graffiti attack on west end Edinburgh flat (Rousse)

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Dreamaticus

We had access to a huge flat in the west end of Edinburgh. Its owner was a young man who worked in finance. I got the impression that he hardly used this place at all. The vast rooms were almost … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged attack, clothing, colleague, cupboard, cycling, deface, Edinburgh, end, finance, flat, furniture, gear, graffiti, man, owner, packaging, personality, reception, room, student, vast, wall, west, young | Leave a comment

David Cameron’s red cod piece (Rousse)

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Dreamaticus

David Cameron was due home any minute so I popped out into the street to greet him. He came around the corner dressed in a bowler hat and cut-out modern business suit Monty Python style, complete with red cod-piece. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged arch, bowler, bridge, cod, David Cameron, escape, hat, journal, London, Monty Python, Nelson, photograph, piece, red, sea, snap, stack, suit | Leave a comment

Star Trek Voyager’s Neelix and Kes moonlight as fake holiday guests (Rousse)

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Dreamaticus

‘What a coincidence!’ cried TPR in the dining room of our holiday resort. At first I thought that he had recognised an old work colleague, but when we approached the table I saw that his quarry was Neelix and Kes … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged arrival, beard, befriend, charcater, coincidence, colleague, David, drawing, Ethan Phillips, evaluation, fake, fisherman, form, friendship, girlfriend, guest, holiday, holiday-makers, Italian, Jennifer Lien, Kes, moonlight, Neelix, package, professional, quarry, resort, sun, table, TPR, Voyager, work | Leave a comment

John Craven and the Yellow Brick Road (Belle)

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Dreamaticus

My attempt to join former colleagues for lunch in London turned into a quest. Firstly, I accidentally attended a country festival. It was here that I learnt that veteran broadcaster John Craven was an original member of the Dave Clark Five. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged actress, Dave Clark Five, John Craven, London, lunch, meatballs, restaurant, spaghetti, tent, umbrella, wheelchair, Yellow Brick Road | Leave a comment