Tag Archives: camera

Killer whales but no camera on powerboat trip to the islands (Rousse)

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I boarded the ferry dressed only in a thin sheet, having been forced to leave all my belongings – including my clothes and glasses – with our hosts at the the shoreline. The ride across the inlet was short and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged belongings, board, box, Calmac, camera, car, clothes, confiscate, countryside, ferry, game, glasses, house, iPhone, island, journey, killer, mother, mountain, poweboat, sheet, shoreline, sister, snow, stranger, vessel, whale | Leave a comment

A garden trespasser sausage chef (Rousse)

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Dreamaticus

When I glanced through the bedroom window I saw a tall dark man cooking sausages on our barbecue in our garden. ‘Go get him!’ I ordered TPR. ‘No problem’, he replied, waving his axe in the air. While TPR charged … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged abdomen, attacker, axe, bedroom, blow, camera, case, chef, cook, escape, garden, groan, kitchen, photograph, police, quest, sausage, TPR, trespasser, unpunished, window | Leave a comment

To Hexham for celebrities, and to Perth for the pantomime (Rousse)

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Dreamaticus

A crowd of posh pensioners carrying cameras obstructed my way as I attempted to drive my little buggy (illegally) along the pavement of Temperley Place, Hexham. They had their long lenses fixed on a doorway, in eager anticipation of snapping … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged BCS, British Computer Society, buggy, camera, celebrities, celebrity, cinema, consort, couple, daylight, doorway, family, fan, Hexham, husband, job, lady, lens, pantomime, pavement, pensioner, Perth, posh, professional body, programmer, Queen, reception, risk, royal, snap, staff, Temperley Place, Thriller, trip, video | Leave a comment

A dump in Luton (Rousse)

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Our new house was not ready when we first moved to Luton so we wild-camped by the river for a couple of nights, with only a sleeping bag and dirty white sheet for cover. We were perfectly safe there, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bedfordshire, camera, camping, carpenters, devastation, dirty, dump, Edinburgh, electricians, flat, folly, Georgian, house, kitchen, Luton, mural, neighbour, oven, owner, plumbers, purchase, red brick, restoration, river, sale, sheet, sleeping bag, staircase, thief, upkeep, Victorian, villa | Leave a comment

A compromise husband and security failure (Rousse)

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I needed a new husband. David looked like he might fit the bill. He was young, kind, had a good job in student services at the University, and seemed willing to go along with this plan. (However, he had fair … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Belle, camera, campus, compromise, David, duty, fail, failure, fair, fit, husband, security, services, shoes, steal, student, TPR, university | Leave a comment

Child criminal caught red-handed at Paris airport (Rousse)

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Dreamaticus

We had just landed in Paris on a flight from Copenhagen when I noticed that my red rucksack had gone missing. Then I saw it, in the hands of a small French girl. I knew that it was mine because … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged airport, backpack, bag, belongings, camera, child, clothing, club, Copenhagen, criminal, dirty, evidence, father, footage, French, girl, laptop, name, Paris, pocket, prosecute, red, red-handed, rucksack, screen, steal, Sun Microsystems, sunrise, video, work | Leave a comment

Nifty Land Rover reverse manoeuvres (Rousse)

Posted on September 4, 2016 by Dreamaticus

KNX impressed me once again. He jumped up into the off-white Land Rover, popped it into reverse, and backed it neatly into a spot closer to the house, thus giving space for the other vehicles to move. He’d also been … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged allotment, back, camera, dig, house, impress, Land Rover, Landrover, mud, nifty, park, reverse, speace. vehicle, toddler | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: camera

Killer whales but no camera on powerboat trip to the islands (Rousse)

A garden trespasser sausage chef (Rousse)

To Hexham for celebrities, and to Perth for the pantomime (Rousse)

A dump in Luton (Rousse)

A compromise husband and security failure (Rousse)

Child criminal caught red-handed at Paris airport (Rousse)

Nifty Land Rover reverse manoeuvres (Rousse)

Dreamaticus populae

Recent reveries

Top dream themes

Dreamaticus updates direct to your inbox

Archives