Tag Archives: bungalow

Missing Sussex child discovered captive in dirty bungalow (Rousse)

Posted on October 5, 2026 by Dreamaticus

The child had been missing for months. So when TPR and I caught sight of him on a Sussex housing estate, we felt it our duty to follow him back to the dirty bungalow where he lived with his captors. … Continue reading →

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A record-breaking tandem ride and ‘polite squatting’ (Rousse)

Posted on June 10, 2026 by Dreamaticus

TPR was triumphant. Not only had we managed the huge hill out of the city on our tandem, but our top speed broke 70mph. All the effort had been his. My own feet barely touched the pedals. We came to … Continue reading →

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Rainbow clown wigged lawyer granny keeps avocado green toilet in her sitting room (Rousse)

Posted on January 8, 2026 by Dreamaticus

My lawyer paternal grandmother was a stunner, even when wearing her rainbow clown wig. It was a pity that she barely practised law these days, largely due to the frailties of old age. Changes to her lifestyle were evident in … Continue reading →

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A bonus bungalow (Rousse)

Posted on August 26, 2025 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I thought that we had bought just one house in the country. Then the estate agent pointed out that the dormer bungalow along the lane was also ours. This would be a great bonus for our guests. If … Continue reading →

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A home in the Pentland Hills and a bad tempered husband (Rousse)

Posted on May 18, 2025 by Dreamaticus

High in the Pentland Hills, we moved to a lovely large bungalow with beautiful views of the city of Edinburgh in the distance. The one drawback was that our new house was underneath a pylon and several criss-crossing electricity cables. … Continue reading →

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Dealing with an extra last minute dinner guest (Rousse)

Posted on January 11, 2023 by Dreamaticus

We struggled to find L and EC’s bungalow as TPR led us in circles around the small estate. We were about to give up on our lunch date when we saw EC in the street hunting for us. EC’s face … Continue reading →

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Kidnapped kept woman (Rousse)

Posted on June 19, 2021 by Dreamaticus

I was kidnapped twice. On each occasion my kidnapper was one of my former drama teachers. The first time TPR rescued me and took me to live in his white-washed bungalow in the countryside. Then one day I made the … Continue reading →

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A bigamist and big birds with red breasts (Rousse)

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Dreamaticus

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 →

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A place in the sun (Rousse)

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I bought a bungalow in the countryside. We planted a long border of plants in the garden and looked forward to relaxing there with books, in the sunshine, miles away from the shade of Edinburgh tenements.

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A witless move to Wolverhampton (Rousse)

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Dreamaticus

Only a week earlier I’d been saying that I loved my Edinburgh flat so much that I would never leave. So why was I now moving into a bungalow in Wolverhampton? Its only ‘advantage’ over my former home was the … Continue reading →

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