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Party animal (Belle)

Posted on December 11, 2025 by Dreamaticus

I woke up on a park bench and saw I was wearing a very ugly pair of bulky black shoes. I asked my companion what had happened. He explained that I had been ‘blackout drunk’ and had gone on a … Continue reading →

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Let’s get ready to rhumba (Belle)

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Dreamaticus

I got into a jostling-style altercation with a Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer and I shouted “You just prance around on the telly for a living”.

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Natural conception at 62 (Rousse)

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Dreamaticus

When I discovered that I was pregnant, my first thought was for our holiday plans next year. To my surprise, my husband was unconcerned. It took some time before I questioned how someone aged 62 could find herself in this … Continue reading →

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Rousse’s ear-ring recovery

Posted on November 30, 2025 by Dreamaticus

One of Professor SR’s tiny ear-rings dropped to the ground. All the staff gathered around her tried to recover it by scratching through the dirt and dust, but I was the one who found it. She told me that she … Continue reading →

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Tackling Scottish ridge walks in winter (Rousse)

Posted on November 28, 2025 by Dreamaticus

NP was seriously considering TW’s suggestion that they walk ‘The needle’ in January. Neither had the fitness nor skills to tackle this treacherous ridge near Ullapool under winter conditions. I hoped that my pleas would put them off such a … Continue reading →

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Mother returns from the dead to interfere in household tasks (Rousse)

Posted on November 27, 2025 by Dreamaticus

My (deceased) mother accidentally loaded the tumble dryer with a pile of dirty laundry and a cup of soap powder. Before she switched it on, I retrieved all the clothes and carried them in a bundle to Corbridge. On the … Continue reading →

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Gatecrashing Edinburgh’s exclusive New Club (Rousse)

Posted on November 27, 2025 by Dreamaticus

MB’s mother IB and I blagged our way into Edinburgh’s exclusive New Club and cantered up the stairs to the top floor. With very little effort, we then gatecrashed a lunch served to a small group of delegates who had … Continue reading →

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Illegal sandwiches (Rousse)

Posted on November 16, 2025 by Dreamaticus

OC-I broke the rules by bringing meat sandwiches on the pilgrimage. He really had to get rid of them before we reached the hotel at the end of the route. He suggested that he could dig a hole in the … Continue reading →

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A lonely love nest at the British Library (Rousse)

Posted on November 16, 2025 by Dreamaticus

PB volunteered to take over where JG-T left off. I sent him the instructions to meet in a quiet corridor of the British Library. He should bring all the equipment, including the foreign coins parcelled up in stapled packs made … Continue reading →

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Bigamist seeks two simultaneous divorces (Rousse)

Posted on November 15, 2025 by Dreamaticus

I was broken-hearted when TPR finally admitted what I had suspected all along: he had a lover and was planning to leave me. The killer detail was that the pair of them had joined the tennis club together. Why would … Continue reading →

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