Tag Archives: boat

Dealing with unwanted garden intruders and a boat ride to a Scottish island (Rousse)

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Dreamaticus

I climbed out of bed and stepped across the room to open the shutters. Outside our bedroom window I saw a small dog in a bright red Santa jacket nosing through the vegetable patch, and a man – presumably the … Continue reading →

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Sea shells, puppies, and religious services on Shetland (Rousse)

Posted on March 14, 2025 by Dreamaticus

We caught the ‘ferry service’ to the remote island off the Shetland mainland. Open to the elements, the tiny wooden boat only carried around ten passengers. TPR rushed off to secure our accommodation once we reached the shore. Meanwhile I … Continue reading →

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Riding a water envelope is more fun than house clearing and lecturing (Rousse)

Posted on March 7, 2025 by Dreamaticus

When we were recalled to my parents’ house to finish the clearing job, we admired the garden in the beautiful spring sunshine. Our progress was slow, especially because all the utilities had been disconnected. Even the simplest of tasks, such … Continue reading →

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Sailor ditches assets in bid to fake 9/11 death (Rousse)

Posted on May 29, 2024 by Dreamaticus

A lack of sailing qualifications was apparently no barrier to buying a yacht, especially when the owner was in such a hurry to sell. Our new boat came with a lower deck stuffed with smaller vessels, and a resident black … Continue reading →

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Ghost walking with Steve Pemberton (Belle)

Posted on September 9, 2023 by Dreamaticus

My life was now the plot of a 1970s thriller. As yet unknown enemies had sunk my small boat in the harbour and I was back on land, attempting to blend in with the customers of an organised ghost walk … Continue reading →

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Man rides whale in surf (Rousse)

Posted on August 23, 2023 by Dreamaticus

I grabbed my ‘hand luggage’ of soap bag, a pair of black ankle boots and a pair of socks, and headed to the meeting point at Reception. There I greeted the others. Then, with just a couple of minutes to … Continue reading →

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Boat bunk bed bonking (Rousse)

Posted on June 17, 2023 by Dreamaticus

I had my suspicions that TPR’s recent boat trip provided a perfect a cover for conducting an affair. He set out to prove that I was wrong by showing me his living quarters below deck. He couldn’t get up to … Continue reading →

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Summer weather in the Outer Hebrides (Rousse)

Posted on May 7, 2023 by Dreamaticus

NP had persuaded her friends to accompany us on a trip to the Outer Hebrides. This was on the basis of my large archive of photographs of the deserted white sandy beaches that fringed the sea of Caribbean blue, sparkling … Continue reading →

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A boat trip to Greenock (Rousse)

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Dreamaticus

I couldn’t reach SD’s house in Stirling in time for our book group meeting so made a separate arrangement to meet LM in Greenock. While I streamed the gathering in SD’s garden to my phone, I negotiated the ticket barrier … Continue reading →

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Escaping a war zone by leaky raft (Rousse)

Posted on July 10, 2022 by Dreamaticus

As the bombs dropped on the city, we raced to the port. Here all sorts of vessels lined up to evacuate the population. I hoped that we would be assigned to one of the sturdy blue fishing boats, but by … Continue reading →

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