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Parrot spotted in Edinburgh New Town garden (Rousse)
There was a parrot up a tree in the garden. A parrot? In central Edinburgh? Yes, a parrot was perched on a branch of the tree against the back wall! I rushed into the house to grab my camera, but … Continue reading
Widower fooled by wife imposter (Rousse)
We’d been chatting happily for a few minutes before it dawned on me that this was an impossibility. My friend had died almost a year ago so how come she had picked up the phone? As I started to drop … Continue reading
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Tagged conversation, death, die, fraud, friend, impossibility, imposter, impostor, phone, questions, telephone, widower, wife, woman
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Life as a limbless torso (Rousse)
I couldn’t believe that anyone could be so cheerful after having all her limbs chopped off. My friend peered up at me from the grubby stretcher and said that she was just grateful that they had removed the cancer. I … Continue reading
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Tagged cancer, head, life, limb, limbless, limbs, stretcher, torso
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Advantages of going to college close to home (Rousse)
I signed up for (yet another) degree. This time I would be studying at the Hexham campus of Northumbria University. As I started planning how to arrange my belongings in my tiny hall of residence room, I congratulated myself on … Continue reading
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Tagged campus, college, degree, dorm, hall of residence, Hexham, home, laundry, mother, Northumbria University, parents, washing
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Clarrie Grundy falls victim to loan shark (Rousse)
Clarrie Grundy could hide the truth no more. She had fallen victim to a loan shark and soon Ambridge would be ablaze with gossip about this dreadful news. See also the appearance of Clarrie’s son Ed in Amorous Archers intentions … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambridge, Archers, BBC, Clarrie Grundy, Ed Grundy, gossip, loan, Radio 4, shark, truth, victim
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Two kitchens and an injection of gold (Rousse)
TPR and I moved to northern Norway where we lived in a rather run down house with two kitchens. I was determined to bring some order to our living arrangements so started moving jars of flour from one kitchen to … Continue reading
Reflections of the Archers love triangle in real life (Rousse)
“Hey, have you heard the latest about Paul Morgan?” leered my colleague P. He was clearly intrigued by Matt Crawford’s mission to warn his love-rival off his long-term partner Lillian Bellamy. Professional as ever, I was not going to join … Continue reading
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Tagged affair, Archers, BBC, chair, characters, expression, gossip, irony, Lillian Bellamy, love, love-rival, Matt Crawford, partner, Paul Morgan, Radio 4, wife
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Natural sanitary products in store at Gayfield Square (Rousse)
As I stood at the pedestrian crossing on Leith Walk I noticed that a PhD student was also waiting to cross the road. “Have you been to the craft shop in Gayfield Square” she asked me. When I replied that … Continue reading
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Tagged crossing, Edinburgh, Gayfield Square, Leith Walk, natural, pedestrian, PhD, products, road, sanitary, student
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Your computer, your holiday companion (Rousse)
The big news was that BB was taking his wife on holiday. My question was whether or not he was also taking a computer. I advised that he should not. Munching on a raspberry tart, he declared that wherever he … Continue reading
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Tagged companion, computer, holiday, laptop, raspberry, tart, wife
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