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A hunt for Christopher Biggins near the offices of Forth FM (Rousse)

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Dreamaticus

We cycled round and round the Leith roundabout, two of us sharing the bike. We discussed the dilemmas of parenthood for the single woman. For example, it is better to foster then adopt? Or should one return the fostered children … Continue reading →

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Poor lavatory location and an inadequate fire alarm (Rousse)

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Dreamaticus

There was no mistake: this bed and breakfast was awful. How had they got away with positioning a toilet in the tiny dining room, and what use was a fire alarm system that relied on the proprietors shouting ‘Fire, fire’? … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged alarm, bed, bicycle, bike, breakfast, cafe, cycle, dining, escape, fire, lavatory, leave, location, Peebles, poor, position, proprietors, room, street, toilet, TPR | Leave a comment

A Norwegian odyssey (Rousse)

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Dreamaticus

TPR took out the map and showed me the route. He was going to catch a boat from Newcastle to Norway, then cycle the length of the famous fjords. I was not invited because – as his wife – it … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bike, boat, cycle, delivery, famous, fjord, fjords, goods, invite, map, Newcastle, Norway, Norwegian, odyssey, responsibilty, route, summer, TPR, white, wife | Leave a comment

Edinburgh marathon star grants interview, ruins parquet flooring, and pets a pig (Rousse)

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Dreamaticus

While BC gave media interviews about her forthcoming Edinburgh marathon appearance, I waited back at the flat with N and TPR. TPR kept himself busy making batches of soup and serving them to passing friends. KT and her glamorous sister … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bicycle, bike, bike rack, butcher, cuddle, cycle, dirt, Edinburgh, flooring, friend, Friends, interview, marathon, mark, media, parquet, pet, pig, potty, shed, soup, TPR, training | Leave a comment

Mountain rescue (Rousse)

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Dreamaticus

P sat up in the single bed next to mine and complained of a hangover. He was moody enough at the best of times so I wasn’t prepared to hang around to see how he would behave with a sore … Continue reading →

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Saved by the South Uist Sheepdog Trials (Rousse)

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Dreamaticus

We were honoured to be allowed to observe the archaeological dig. Afterwards the young man in charge asked if he could commandeer our tandem to ride a little further north to another site. We said that this would be fine, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged archaeology, archeology, bike, collies, companion, cycle, dig, field, lycra, novice, Outer Hebrides, racers, ride, road, sheepdog, site, South Uist, Sunday, tandem, Western Isles | Leave a comment

Unique accommodation and party provision for Newcastle University students (Rousse)

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Dreamaticus

At Newcastle University the students slept together stacked on open wooden shelves, not unlike enormous upturned printers’ blocks. They all used special fixed-gear bicycles to scale the high walls to reach their wooden cells. Unfortunately the sleeping space was very … Continue reading →

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An under-resourced conference (Rousse)

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Even though I had passed the duties on to another colleague months ago, I was getting the blame for the failure of the conference. I couldn’t help it if I spent the afternoon cosying up to P and playing with … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bike, bikes, Birmingham, bus, children, collateral, colleague, computer, computers, conference, cosy, cycle, cycles, dilemma, dinner, duties, duty, exhibition, fare, fares, food, home, homes, lose, Northfield, play, run | Leave a comment

Bike crime in Humshaugh (Rousse)

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Dreamaticus

My cousin N and I were cycling across Northumberland to Hexham on his blue bike. When we reached Humshaugh I asked if we could stop for a while to admire the Georgian high street. N agreed, but only on the … Continue reading →

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Mysterious light and an untrustworthy Mexican (Rousse)

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Just inland there was a dark forest. I walked along the track alone, listening out for evidence of other forms of life. I knew that it was unlikely that I was the only person there in the black. I didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beam, bicycle, bike, black, cycle, dark, fear, fit, forest, hire, inland, intensity, life, light, man, Mexican, mysteries, mystery, paniers, pedals, photograph, push, rickety, risk | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: cycle

Poor lavatory location and an inadequate fire alarm (Rousse)

A Norwegian odyssey (Rousse)

Edinburgh marathon star grants interview, ruins parquet flooring, and pets a pig (Rousse)

Mountain rescue (Rousse)

Saved by the South Uist Sheepdog Trials (Rousse)

An under-resourced conference (Rousse)

Bike crime in Humshaugh (Rousse)

Mysterious light and an untrustworthy Mexican (Rousse)

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