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Giant baby kangaroo paddles in Luskentyre Bay (Rousse)

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Dreamaticus

A, C, S and N proposed a commune holiday on the Isle of Harris later in the year. Since TPR and I were already there, the others tasked us with checking out the various self-catering cottages that A had identified … Continue reading →

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Prosthetic limbs, a party, and a professor (Rousse)

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Dreamaticus

TPR was mobile again now that he had been kitted out with the same type of blades favoured by Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius. He wore them in public for the first time at ED’s party in West Lothian. The party … Continue reading →

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An audience with Paul Weller (Rousse)

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Paul Weller was just visible through the sitting room window. He seemed to be singing to himself while all the others at the party were listening to old vinyl records. I signalled to him from the street to join me. … Continue reading →

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Police raid Edinburgh basement cocaine factory (Rousse)

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I had housed GP as an act of charity. In truth I didn’t know much about him other than he and I attended the same school for a short while in the 1970s. I learnt that my generosity was a … Continue reading →

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A friendship renewed (Rousse)

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Dreamaticus

When we passed on Bonnington Road I was sure I saw a flicker of recognition flash across his face. Was this acknowledgement of our shared history? Of course I was far too shy to stop and ask so would never … Continue reading →

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Find My iPhone catches cheating spouse (Rousse)

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I needed a back-up plan since my husband appeared to be no longer interested in me. R would do. He fitted the bill well as a tall, skinny engineer. There were, however, a few of drawbacks of my pursuit of … Continue reading →

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An unlikely pupil of Wellington College (Rousse)

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Dreamaticus

A steady stream of teenage boys in bottle green aertex shirts passed me in the narrow corridor. I could tell that they were pupils of Wellington College from the words stitched in yellow embroidery just below their left collars. One … Continue reading →

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Movie star wolf travels the Outer Hebrides by CalMac ferry (Rousse)

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I were adrift on an unstaffed Calmac ferry somewhere between the islands of Barra and Tiree. The only other passenger was a wolf. He tried to persuade us that he was a movie star by claiming that he … Continue reading →

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Couple split over dog (Rousse)

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Dreamaticus

At last we understood why our long-married friends had separated. When it became obvious that the husband loved the dog more than his wife, she threw the pair of them out.

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A Lake District escape (Rousse)

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Dreamaticus

One minute I was lying next to my gorgeous cousin N. The next I was a kidnap victim, crushed into the back of a car heading for the Lake District. A strangely-shaped man, who had obviously raided my rucksack, squashed … Continue reading →

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