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Tag Archives: basket
Dirty animal invasion (Rousse)
Two surprises greeted me when I came home. First, my mother had cooked a delicious dinner and already washed up; second, the C-Is had come to stay. There was a problem, however, with the latter. RC-I brought with him a … Continue reading
Supermarket shelf stealer looks forward to a weekend away at the Balcary Bay Hotel (Rousse)
Since we ran out of storage space in our house, I had taken to secretly commandeering some shelves in Tesco. There I left a dozen Moomin mugs in a raffia basket, and several spare duvets in John Lewis boxes. On … Continue reading
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Tagged Antiques Roadshow, Auchencairn, Balcary Bay, basket, box, cauldron, detergent, display, dolphin, doorknocker, Dumfries and Galloway, duvet, hotel, John Lewis, manager, mermaid, Moomin, raffia, sculpture, shelf, space, steal, storage, store, supermarket, weekend
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Edinburgh New Town burglars strike (Rousse)
It was a joyful experience of being carried high above everyone else through the Edinburgh New Town on the shoulders of my 8 feet tall university pal MH. Ten minutes later my world fell apart. When we reached my street … Continue reading
Plumbing catastrophe (Rousse)
The poshest restaurant in town did not supply enough waste paper baskets – so everyone threw their rubbish down the lavatories, thus causing a plumbling catastrophe.
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Tagged basket, lavatory, loo, paper, plumbing, posh, restaurant, rubish, toilet, waste
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North west Scotland serves up a tropical treat (Rousse)
We’d never known weather like this in the far north west of Scotland. It felt like the Caribbean. DT, TPR and I played for hours splashing about in the beautiful clear water next to the boat. When it was time … Continue reading
A freezer door, dirty washing, a herd of elephants, greyhounds, a dead dog, and £100k of ruined camera equipment (Rousse)
I was over at RR’s flat helping out with a few things, including an open freezer door. TPR came along for the ride with his guitar and a couple of amps. It was our last day before heading off on … Continue reading
Proper fox hunting attire (Rousse)
My cousin B was extremely gracious when we turned up at her farm house in Somerset as uninvited guests. My sister J, one of her friends, TPR and I all wanted to go hunting. If anyone could find a mount … Continue reading
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Tagged attire, basket, big, black, blindfold, clothes, clothing, cousin, farm, fit, fox, friend, green, horse, horses, house, hunt, hunting, jodhpurs, jump, legs, linen, meet, men, mount, outfit, pregnant, proper, saddle, sister, Somerset, TPR, village, wear, Worcestershire
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Child thieves adopt boy scout disguise in cash raids on Lake District hotels (Rousse)
On the final day of the conference in the Lake District I packed my bag, checked in online for my flight to Amsterdam, and then wandered down to the hotel dining room to ask for a sandwich (in French). Although … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam, baby, bag, basket, beach, boy, bread, bridge, cash, change, check, cheese, chef, child, children, climb, conference, criminal, criminals, departure, dining, dip, disguise, distance, EasyJet, filling, flight, flights, French, ham, hotel, hotels, hunt, husband, kitchen, Lake District, leader, lunch, March, motto, ornament, plane, planes, pouch, promise, raid, raids, ringleader, roll, room, sand, sandwich, scout, seed, skyscraper, staff, swim, thief, thieves, tourist, tourists, view, waiter, walk, warm, water, west
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Door-to-door salesman firearms shocker (Rousse)
It was Sunday morning at 10:00am and we were still fast asleep when the doorbell rang. TPR grabbed his dressing gown and made a dash down the hallway to see who was calling. I followed him. Our caller was a … Continue reading
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Tagged aim, asleep, basket, call, caller, cleaning, crash, display, door, door-to-door, dressing gown, face, fire, firearms, floral, flowers, follow, ground, gun, hallway, hanging, kill, man, mask, morning, product, products, rifle, sales, salesman, scamper, shocker, steps, Sunday, technqiue, threatening, TPR, trigger, wares
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