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Pink dungarees for Kitty Bennet (Rousse)

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Dreamaticus

The speaker hesitated. Who were the Bennet sisters in Pride and prejudice? The audience helped out with four names – Jane, Elizabeth, Mary and Lydia – but nobody could come up with the fifth. We were meeting in a public … Continue reading →

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St Cuthbert and a staircase (Rousse)

Posted on March 21, 2021 by Dreamaticus

I had heard of people trapped in lifts, but what about trapped in a staircase? The irony was that I had told skinny June in the high heels that I was taking the stairs because it was safer. I was … Continue reading →

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Dangers of marrying too young (Rousse)

Posted on March 19, 2021 by Dreamaticus

What a discovery! Super-sporty EH harboured an astonishing secret: she was the ex-wife of our long-retired colleague KC. They had married when she was very young. EH admitted to me that this had been a terrible match, hence their divorce.

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Burglars in a pink Beetle (Rousse)

Posted on March 19, 2021 by Dreamaticus

I raced down the stairs, across the lawn, and through the back door of my maternal grandmother’s house, in a bid to apprehend the interlopers. I was keen to discover answers to two questions: (1) What were they looking for? … Continue reading →

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Rocks and socks (Rousse)

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Dreamaticus

My work colleagues discovered that there were restaurants open high in the hills. You could even drink there, provided that you brought your own supply of alcohol. We all packed rucksacks and set off. My bag was the most important: … Continue reading →

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Luxury highland hotel coincidence (Rousse)

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Dreamaticus

We had cycled for miles, mainly powered by TPR at the front of our tandem. Eventually we reached the tatty high street of a once-prosperous highland town. It would have attracted tourists in another age; now it looked very forlorn. … Continue reading →

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Prince Harry and high heels (Rousse)

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Dreamaticus

I travelled to locked down London for training as a new member of the British Secret Service. England’s capital city looked, and sounded, very quiet. I could even hear bird song through the closed top deck bus windows. Soon I … Continue reading →

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REF2021 criteria and Woody Guthrie mix-up (Rousse)

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Dreamaticus

At first glance I thought that my colleagues had pasted up the criteria for REF2021 submissions. However, on closer inspection, I saw that sheets of A4 paper glued to the wall were covered in Woody Guthrie song lyrics.

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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge play Settlers of Catan (Rousse)

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Dreamaticus

I laid out the board for a game of Settlers of Catan with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and related to Prince William the details of a memorable day two decades earlier. ‘Due to summer flooding, we had to … Continue reading →

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Football obsessive forgets his manners (Rousse)

Posted on March 12, 2021 by Dreamaticus

I hadn’t seen SA – a boy I first met aged 7 at primary school – since a school reunion in 2011. I thought that he would have better manners at our surprise meeting than to start the conversation with … Continue reading →

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