Tag Archives: drive

A crash on the Paris péripherique (Rousse)

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Racing through Paris by car without a satnav, TPR’s erratic driving along this haphazard route was bound to end in disaster. We were meant to be heading into town – not out of it – and now I was pretty … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged car, corpse, crash, crop, data, death, delete, disaster, drive, emergency, family, field, implicate, iPhone, Paris, péripherique, pedestrian, Place d'Italie, road, roundabout, satnav, stop, teenage, TPR, vehicle, winter | Leave a comment

Fat woman in White Stuff tunic dress is reckless on the roads (Rousse)

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Dreamaticus

When they heard our news, my elderly parents drove all the way (all on their own) to visit us at our new house in East Lothian. They stopped off at White Stuff in Edinburgh city centre on the way. There … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged basics, car, centre, city, climb, cream, danger, drawing, dress, drive, East Lothian, Edinburgh, fat, flower, parent, raspberry, reckless, red, road, safe, stair, staircase, stuck, TPR, tunic, turn, vehicle, wheels, White Stuff, woman, write-off | Leave a comment

Sisters, a husband, and parents on holiday (Rousse)

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Dreamaticus

It seemed inappropriate that two little blonde sisters aged six and eight wearing white shift dresses would be showing tourists around a World War I theme park. It was also rather odd that TPR was not staying in the plush … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged America, blonde, Boarding, camp, city, dread, dress, drive, home, hotel, house, husband, journey, modernity, parent, plate glass, Polish, pub, sister, skateboard, TPR, tummy, US, World War I | Leave a comment

A lakeside retreat in the US (Rousse)

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Our long drive across the states with cousins NT and DT eventually brought us to the beautiful detached red brick house of a slim, elderly black man. The building was crammed with fine antiques, including a handsome marquetry grandfather clock. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged America, antique, black, boat, brick, clock, cousin, cousins, detached, door, drive, elderly, food, fresh, freshwater, grandfather, host, lakeside, life, man, Marine, marquetry, red, retreat, sea, slim, States, US, view | Leave a comment

A box of sayings from Switzerland (Rousse)

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Dreamaticus

When SL first held the open the small box I thought that she was offering me a cigarette. On closer inspection I saw that it contained long slim strips of card. On each there was a different uplifting saying or … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged arm, box, card, cigarette, drive, motto, present, purchase, saying, sell, strip, Switzerland, tears, uplifting, walk | Leave a comment

Uninsured charity shop burglar escapes to the seaside by tricycle (Rousse)

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I noticed that my donation was still not on display several days after I left it for sale at the charity shop. In fact, it looked like the shop was possibly out of business. I was pretty sure that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 205, accident, bag, barrier, basket, bicycle, break-in, burglar, business, cardigan, cashmere, charity, crash, crochet, customer, donation, doorway, drive, end, field, green, lady, Orange, Peugeot, purple, sale, seaside, shop, sleep, straw, town, train, Tuesday, uninsured, week, window | Leave a comment

A Christmas party and a visit to Dream (Rousse)

Posted on November 24, 2017 by Dreamaticus

The cost of signing up for the departmental Christmas party was so great that only twelve people turned up for the celebration. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the company of JB, BD and FR at my table – even though BD made … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bill, celebration, Christmas, colleague, cost, dream, drive, estimate, Haddington, high, hill, meeting, party, Peugeot 205, red, road, St Andrews, steep, street, table | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: drive

A crash on the Paris péripherique (Rousse)

Fat woman in White Stuff tunic dress is reckless on the roads (Rousse)

Sisters, a husband, and parents on holiday (Rousse)

A lakeside retreat in the US (Rousse)

A box of sayings from Switzerland (Rousse)

Uninsured charity shop burglar escapes to the seaside by tricycle (Rousse)

A Christmas party and a visit to Dream (Rousse)

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