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A muddy medal for Team GB (Belle)

I’d been looking forward to this Olympic Games highlights experience all day but wasn’t expecting this. First of all, one of our rowers fell into the lake by the Lewisham Way war memorial and swam – slowly – back towards … Continue reading

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An award-winning toilet break (Rousse)

The master of ceremonies announced the winners: the University of Edinburgh for its £1.18 sausages. As the crowd cheered and the winning team made its way to the stage to collect the award, I looked over to my immediate colleagues. … Continue reading

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A tale of courtly love (Rousse)

I read the new module descriptor with glee. I was being asked to teach a class on etiquette to computing students. This would give me the chance to use my first degree in my job (at long last), tracing the … Continue reading

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Rail accident survivors use taste and texture to identify Kent (Rousse)

I was flung from the railway carriage and landed face-down in a newly ploughed field. The taste of the mouthful of soil and its texture in my hands helped me identify the location of the accident: Kent.

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MacBook Air design fault (Rousse)

I watched in amazement as my MacBook Air started to fold in on itself. By the time that the process was complete the laptop had transformed into a shiny metal tube. Only the previous week my boss’ machine had done … Continue reading

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Forgetting the lyrics (Belle)

My choir’s chances of winning this competition were minimal. First of all, this was meant to be a competition for boys only, and yet I was planning to sing the first two lines as a solo before letting the boys … Continue reading

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British Airways bribes staff in bid to avert strike action (Rousse)

I was a fully-qualified flight attendant, and an experienced member of the British Airways cabin crew. Admittedly my “experience” was limited to helping on one domestic UK flight soon after I completed my training. However, I still counted as a … Continue reading

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Rare feral brown and white mountain goats captured on film in the Scottish highlands (Rousse)

I saw RA’s boyfriend G playing with an iPad. When I asked what he was doing he showed me videos from his summer holiday. His favourites featured rare feral brown and white mountain goats grazing beside a steep waterfall in … Continue reading

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Greater demand for Borders rail links along the Tweed (Rousse)

There was one day left of our holiday. RA mentioned that she had never been to the border towns of Berwick, Coldstream, Cornhill or Kelso so we considered a cycling route with a stop-off at my cousins’ house, or a … Continue reading

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Strictly come flirting (Rousse)

You weren’t allowed to dance with your partner at this event so I left TPR for a kind-looking young lad in his twenties. He was clearly a talented ballroom dancer and soon became frustrated with my tendency to lead. Eventually … Continue reading

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