Tag Archives: cash

A cycling cheat in Cumbria (Rousse)

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Dreamaticus

The blue tandem split as we were cycling through Cumbria, just moments after I mentioned to TPR that it would be interesting to call in on locations along the route that were associated with my Lancastrian ancestors. TPR didn’t appear … Continue reading →

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Cashing in on a celebrity friendship (Rousse)

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Dreamaticus

Now a world-famous actor earning millions, AO was hot news for all the tabloids and celebrity magazines. It dawned on me that I could earn a small fortune by selling to the press the photographs that I kept of this … Continue reading →

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How the other half (barely) lives (Rousse)

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Dreamaticus

When I was supposed to be at work I poked around my sister J’s vastly extended house in West Sussex. On the ground floor there was a luxurious self-contained holiday cottage that looked out onto a large rectangular pond destined … Continue reading →

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An unhappy return to Nantes (Rousse)

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Nantes was unrecognisable to me after my 33-year absence. I was also very nervous about returning to France barely able to speak French. It didn’t help that I had brought no French cash with me, and that the University sports … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh ‘tramp’ seeks New Town bail-out (Rousse)

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I set off for home across town after my swim at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre with wet hair, and wearing nothing but a worn-out green towel. I knew that I looked like a tramp, and at first I didn’t … Continue reading →

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An abandoned banana baby (Rousse)

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Dreamaticus

The Pitlochry guest house was not to my tastes at all. The proprietor behaved as if she was everyone’s best friend, but I could see through her act. All that interested her was the fastest means of extracting as much … Continue reading →

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Fare dodger prefers Settlers of Catan to Game of Thrones (Rousse)

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I wanted more time with KR and JG so I jumped on the train that was taking them from the west coast of the US to the east. Not long into the journey I realised my mistake. I didn’t have … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: cash

A cycling cheat in Cumbria (Rousse)

Cashing in on a celebrity friendship (Rousse)

How the other half (barely) lives (Rousse)

An unhappy return to Nantes (Rousse)

Edinburgh ‘tramp’ seeks New Town bail-out (Rousse)

An abandoned banana baby (Rousse)

Fare dodger prefers Settlers of Catan to Game of Thrones (Rousse)

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