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Recent reveries
- Christmas 2020 in June 2021 (Rousse)
- An iPhone and an accident on the way to the Isle of Skye (Rousse)
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Tag Archives: countryside
A place in the sun (Rousse)
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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Tagged book, bungalow, countryside, plant, relax, sun, Tenement, TPR
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A resurrection music rant (Rousse)
When it looked like she had come to the end of her loud Home Counties rant about spoiling the peace of the Scottish countryside, I murmured an ‘OK, we get it’. I quickly slipped her the two fingers just as … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, car, countryside, death, father, girl, home counties, mother, music, rant, resurrection, Scotalnd, sister
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Killer whales but no camera on powerboat trip to the islands (Rousse)
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
Doing a ton on the A9 (Rousse)
The A9 had been closed for months for a massive road rebuilding scheme designed to attract further tourism to the highlands of Scotland. Now that the construction work was finished, every hotel along the route offered views of the beautiful … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 mph, A9, accelerator, ball-bearing, brake, check, construction, countryside, do a ton, doing a ton, floor, fun, high performance, highlands, hire, hotel, job, New, rebuild, recapture, road, robot, scheme, Scotland, smooth, steamroller, stop, sweep, tarmac, ton, tourism, work
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Sarong underwear (Rousse)
I pulled my former colleague AT up the muddy bank to the gap in the wall that led to the open countryside. At first I thought that it was too small to accommodate us, but GB demonstrated that the space … Continue reading
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Tagged bank, clothes, colleague, countryside, cyclist, green, mud, rip, sarong, trousers, underwear, undress, wall
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An ‘executive home’ in Birmingham (Rousse)
On a complete whim we bought a modern ‘executive home’ on a main road in a northern suburb of Birmingham. Since we couldn’t afford to run two houses in two different countries, we cut our ties with the beautiful city … Continue reading
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Tagged Birmingham, busy, countryside, Edinburgh, executive, home, house, jam, main, main road, road, suburb, trade, traffic, whim, wild
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