Tag Archives: deck

Naked housework, phone swapping, and Doctor Who accessories (Rousse)

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Dreamaticus

Naked, I tidied up my London flat. I moved slices of white bread from the first floor sitting room windowsill to the kitchen where they belonged. When I returned downstairs a fat woman brandishing a gun confronted me in the … Continue reading →

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Sailing the Scottish coastline by log (Rousse)

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Dreamaticus

ST and I planned to take the boat to Uig Community Centre. We wandered over to the pontoon where we also found JG, with TPR and JC, aboard his boat ‘Mary’. I remained in the queue for the community boat. … Continue reading →

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Hull is a hanky panky hotspot (Rousse)

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Dreamaticus

TPR’s muscles were a source of fascination for the slim, dark teenager on the boat. I left them sitting together on the bench on the deck as we came into dock in Newcastle. When we arrived TPR looked a bit … Continue reading →

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Drugs for sale on school bus (Rousse)

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Dreamaticus

On the top deck of the bus I showed everyone the drugs that I had acquired (and would sell) to enhance computer game playing performance.

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Camper van claustrophobia (Rousse)

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Dreamaticus

We were all supposed to travel in the white camper van. There were seats for around ten people all squashed together on the upper deck. The driver had a little more space to himself below. I was the first to … Continue reading →

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Exciting nail polish fashion and a new home at the castle (Rousse)

Posted on November 27, 2014 by Dreamaticus

When TF stood up from his seat on the lower deck of the Glasgow Routemaster bus, I assumed that we had reached our stop. I was wrong. The bus was taking the reverse route so we would be on-board for … Continue reading →

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A missing slide deck (Rousse)

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Although they said that it would never run again, I found that the conference was actually meeting in secret, and I was an invited speaker. In the break on the last day I went up to the podium to upload … Continue reading →

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A secret affair discovered on the stairs (Rousse)

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I always said to TPR that my idea of hell was to be stuck in the car deck of a CalMac ferry with both car and boat engines running. Now, as we climbed up the old back stairs of the … Continue reading →

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A Nokia for an iPhone (Rousse)

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I was sitting on the main deck of a ferry on my way to the Isle of Lewis when an enormous black rook dive-bombed my handbag and stole my iPhone. I had to survive on an ancient Nokia until my … Continue reading →

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Human sacrifice on the school bus (Rousse)

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Dreamaticus

One school party took over the upper deck of the bus. The other settled in below. Rumours spread that the rival schools would go into combat as soon as the first human sacrifice was made. “OK,” I said to TPR, … Continue reading →

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