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- What not to take to a beatification (Rousse)
- A visit to the Manchester United and BBC comb factory (Belle)
- Arran by bike (Rousse)
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- A mistaken case of coronavirus (Rousse)
- Victorian dental bills, exotic animals and a marriage (Belle)
- Free-riding on the Granton ferry (Rousse)
- Speeding in Stockton-on-Tees (Rousse)
- County Durham coal mine confidences (Rousse)
- Failed seduction in a Birmingham bedsit (Rousse)
- Banter with Chris Packham and the deathbed wedding of a soap opera character (Belle)
- Cat photos lead to fame (Belle)
- Magic tricks for UK research council panel members (Rousse)
- Avocado bathroom suite in the museum of sanitation (Rousse)
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Tag Archives: bird
A bigamist and big birds with red breasts (Rousse)
I married my husband’s niece in a small but intimate ceremony with most of my in-laws in attendance. None of the family thought it odd that I was committing bigamy. Even I had convinced myself that it was permissible to … Continue reading
Alternative wedding activities (Rousse)
As the guests arrived for my sister J’s wedding, I chatted to my young cousins in the kitchen. This was more interesting than making small talk with middle-aged men in dark suits. I also wanted to avoid getting into arguments … Continue reading
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Tagged bird, board, bridal, ceremony, cousin, cricket, dress, egg, family, gown, house, jewel, kitchen, mahogany, marriage, photograph, pitch, shift, small-talk, species, table. cheese, wedding
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Back to the old house for BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions? (Rousse)
The venue for this week’s BBC Radio 4 Any questions was Stockton-on-Tees or – more precisely – the childhood bedroom that I shared with my sisters at the White House, Hartburn. The room had been cleared of bedroom furniture to … Continue reading
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Tagged Any Questions, armchair, audience, BBC, bed, bedroom, bird, broadcast, childhood, cream, dolly, fireplace, furniture, Hartburn, house, lady, marble, mother, old, Radio 4, red, seating, sister, Stockton, Stockton-on-Tees, velvet, vinyl, wallpaper, White House
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Spy penguins deployed to improve University security (Rousse)
The University issued an orange and black plastic spy penguin to each member of staff. Mine was tall, thin and male. AL was very proud of his slightly overweight female bird with wide floppy ears. The powers that be instructed … Continue reading
Killer whale identification (Rousse)
‘Oh, and there are a couple of killer whales’ I said, pointing out to sea. ‘No they’re not’ my companion corrected me. ‘They’re just black seabirds close to the shore’.
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Tagged bird, black, identification, killer, sea, seabird, shore, whale
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Bedroom and bathroom makeover with Moomins (Rousse)
I was so tired on the first night back at home after a long period away with work that I didn’t notice that anything was different. Even the next morning my first thought was only that the bathroom looked very … Continue reading
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Tagged bath, bathroom, bed, bedroom, bird, blue, chandelier, clean, colour, dressing, duck, egg, exotic, fabric, family, garden, gold, green, Helsinki, ice, lamp, lighting, makeover, Moomin, Moomins, purple, redecorate, scheme, shower, shrine, soak, store, table, tired, trinket, troll, tulip, turquoise, wallpaper, work
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Clifftop gun emplacement secrets (Rousse)
We dug with our hands into the soft coastal soil. There we found multiple white, pock-marked, hollow, spherical objects the size of miniature rugby balls. They looked a bit like animal skulls, but TPR told me that they belonged to … Continue reading
Three pretty blondes and a dozen black birds (Rousse)
BC hosted the party in her tiny house. I’d never seen a kitchen so small, nor tried to cook in one. The sitting room was a bit bigger, and in there we had fun lining BC up on her sofa … Continue reading
What to do when you miss a charter flight, and fancy lace underwear (Rousse)
TF came with us on a winter sports holiday package included both skiing and tandem riding. On the last day there was some confusion over access to the hotel. I was lucky enough to find my room (eventually) although its … Continue reading
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Tagged access, airport, bike, bird, ceiling, charter, complain, confusion, departure, extend, flight, holiday, home, hotel, house, journey, lace, miss, mother, office, operator, prey, rain, riding, room, skiing, snow, sports, staff, tandem, tour, transfer, underwear, undress, vole, wildlife, window, winter
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The thrill of flying in the Hebrides (Rousse)
The female passenger sitting next to me on the flight followed my example of leaving the aircraft and taking to the skies. We flew over beautiful (and normally inaccessible) Hebridean beaches. The biggest thrill was to soar higher than the … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, beach, beaches, bird, birds, Canada, flight, fly, Hebrides, inaccessible, passenger, skies, sky, soar, thrill, transatlantic
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