Tag Archives: dog

A flying dog and flat tyres (Rousse)

Posted on April 20, 2019 by

A small, yet overweight, black dog came flying through the air and knocked me to the ground. The dog’s owner looked up briefly in concern. However, of more interest to her was her silver Volvo. The car had just collapsed … Continue reading →

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Three-legged dogs in the classroom (Rousse)

Posted on April 17, 2019 by

The students chose their modules using a manual ‘course sorter’. This was an enormous sectioned white roller blind. The Chinese contingent was extremely disappointed not to be able to select a particular combination of modules. However, this was not my … Continue reading →

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A comedian, lipstick on a hairbrush and a conference with rottweilers (Belle)

Posted on April 13, 2019 by

The food at this conference WAS good, I admitted begrudgingly. This didn’t stop me shouting loudly that the slices of Spanish omelette were too large.  The person responsible for the catering success was Australian comedian Chris Lilley, whom I had … Continue reading →

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Dog in a pram – a love story (Belle)

Posted on April 13, 2019 by

My dog fell in love with a dog in a pram. Its owners (and now my in-laws) took us on a tour of the terraced houses in Birmingham. In one of the kitchens, the hostess pulled back the louvred wooden … Continue reading →

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Dog becomes monk (Belle)

Posted on March 15, 2019 by

T the dog joined a monastery and started to wear a tiny brown habit. His official role was mouse-catcher although he let the mice go after he caught them. The CEO arrived at a building site to address a small … Continue reading →

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Eminem and me (Belle)

Posted on March 2, 2019 by

I could either put the dishes away and go to bed or take a walk in the night-time industrial wastelands of 1980s London. I chose the walk and bumped into Eminem. We knew each other vaguely and we linked arms … Continue reading →

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Dogs days with Sir Sean Connery (Rousse)

Posted on February 10, 2019 by

Mine was one of the first families drafted to perform anti-terrorist service. We lined up inside a long plastic tent at the junction of Queen Street and North St David Street in Edinburgh, following the instructions of the police to … Continue reading →

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