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Selfish guests in the Outer Hebrides (Rousse)

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Dreamaticus

The first bus across the Isle of Lewis ran late so we missed our connection to Harris. Rather than wait for the next service, TPR, SM and I gave up on our trip south and returned to our bedrooms in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bedroom, bus, embarrassment, guest, Harris, holiday-maker, house, isle, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, proprietor, selfish, service, Uig | Leave a comment

A failed escape from a crime scene (Rousse)

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Dreamaticus

We were staying in a beautiful tall detached house that was second from the end of a row of similar buildings squashed together in a densely populated part of the city. If you glanced up at the skylight over the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged alarm, bed, burglar, bus, crime, danger, deck, escape, face, fail, fingers, hand, house, ladder, Malaysian, man, mortal, noise, palm, rooftop, save, scene, silent, skylight, step, top, TPR, warning, window, woman, youth | Leave a comment

Sea monster victim organises a lift home (Rousse)

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I was an extra in a new Dr Who spin-off. Despite our requests, none of the ‘actors’ on my grade were informed in advance of the plot. This was to add to the authenticity of the monster scenes. SPL and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged actor, bather, black, bus, cling-film, decker, double, Dr Who, extra, female, Harrogate, Leeds, lift, monster, pool, red, scene, sea, victim | Leave a comment

Tragedy on the ice at Edinburgh airport (Rousse)

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I was one of hundreds of anonymous passengers stranded at Edinburgh airport, many of whom were returning home from ski-ing holidays. For entertainment the airline put on an evening display of ‘danses populaires’. JG took my arm and led me … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged airline, airport, bar, BBC, bed, book, bus, crush, dance, danses populaires, decorators, die, din, drink, Edinburgh, fighter, floor, Hamilton Place, holiday, house, ice, jet, key, list, night, optimism, painter, passenger, pub, queue, redocorate, reporter, shock, shout, ski-ing, sleep, slide, slippery, speed, Stockbridge, stranded, tarmac, tragedy, wheels | Leave a comment

A Star Trek screening and a sick bed sanctuary (Rousse)

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I was in no fit state to trek across the mountains after my operation, but TPR made me do this so that he could watch Star Trek films at the university cinema, snuggled up to a couple of women, who … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bed, beeline, building, bus, campus, change, cinema, extra, fit, home, HR, mountain, operation, pay, sanctuary, screen, screening, sick, snuggle, Star Trek, stop, TPR, trek, undergraduate, university, women, work | Leave a comment

A flight to Leith by way of Leicester (Rousse)

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Dreamaticus

All our friends were at a party on the top floor of a plate glass tower block in Leith. I wanted to join them, but I didn’t have the right change for the bus. Eventually I took the long route … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged babysitter, block, building, bus, change, flight, fly, friend, glass, launch, Leicester, Leith, party, plate, route, tap, taxi, tower, trick, window | Leave a comment

Secrets of an Edinburgh book group (Rousse)

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Dreamaticus

TTX was asking me all sorts of questions about book groups as we crossed over London Road between Meadowbank Stadium and Jock’s Lodge. I couldn’t tell whether she was sneering at the concept, or hinting that she would like to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged book, bus, club, ear-shot, Edinburgh, festival, George Square, group, identity, job, Jock's, join, Lodge, London Road, Meadowbank, member, morning, music, organised, over-worked, overnight, question, road, secret, sign, sleep, snack, stadium, stop, University of Edinburgh, van, windscreen, woman | Leave a comment

A busy seaside highland hotel (Rousse)

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I hoped that all this cycling was helping me to lose weight. I’d seen a shocking video of myself in a mustard yellow shift dress over black leggings and did not the idea that kindly people had taken to describing … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bedroom, black, bus, car park, coach, company, curvy, cycle, door, dress, Ghanaian, highland, hotel, Indian, label, leggings, mobile, mustard, parties, party, phone, photo, portrait, safe, sea, seaside, service, tandem, tide, tour, TPR, trader, video, wall, water, wedding, wheel | Leave a comment

Violence on the buses (Rousse)

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Dreamaticus

ECM and I were travelling south along the east coast train line. I was heading to a conference in Kent, and she was accompanying me part of the way. It was only when ECM left the train that I realised … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bank, beating, bus, cancel, card, cell, clone, clothes, conference, criminal, forget, gang, help, iPhone, journey, Kent, kidnap, kindness, London, overnight, parents, passenger, phone, pickpocket, prison, purse, regret, soap bag, suitcase, thief, train, violence | Leave a comment

Ski-ing in the Philippines (Rousse)

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Dreamaticus

NP marshalled everyone to spend over £1000 each on a ski-ing holiday – in the Philippines. I travelled out with TPR but soon lost him in the transfer between the airport and city centre hotel. He had all the details … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged airport, bus, coach, colleagues, driver, holiday, hotel, lift, Malay, Philippines, ride, Rome, ski-ing, tears, TPR | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: bus

Selfish guests in the Outer Hebrides (Rousse)

A failed escape from a crime scene (Rousse)

Sea monster victim organises a lift home (Rousse)

A Star Trek screening and a sick bed sanctuary (Rousse)

A flight to Leith by way of Leicester (Rousse)

A busy seaside highland hotel (Rousse)

Violence on the buses (Rousse)

Ski-ing in the Philippines (Rousse)

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