Tag Archives: drive

Northumbria University’s funfair recruitment drive, and two naughty sisters (Rousse)

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Dreamaticus

When my sister heard that I had a meeting in Newcastle she said that she would like to see me afterwards. Northumbria University had changed considerably since my last visit. In an apparent effort to recruit more students, the campus … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged alley, behaviour, bollards, business, commitments, decorations, displays, drive, eeting, expenses, external, family, finance, Friends, funfair, garish, generosity, hotel, Jesmond, metro, naughty, Newcastle, Northumbria University, old, Range Rover, recruit, runner, sister, students, support, unemployed, university, work, wreck | Leave a comment

From Harry Potter’s Chamber of Secrets to Coronation Street (Rousse)

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I jumped into the back seat of the passing car and made my demand: “Take me to the supermarket. I’m going to watch the second Harry Potter film in French with my husband at Tesco!” I obviously gave the impression … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged car, car-jacker, Chamber of Secrets, conversation, Coronation Street, crawl, discussion, drive, film, French, girlfriends, Harry Potter, husband, movie, seat, sofa, Squeeze, supermarket, Tesco, TPR, unwelcome | Leave a comment

An encounter with the monochrome set (Rousse)

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Unused to running late, I was full of apologies when we finally pulled up the gravel drive of the White House in Hartburn. The cyclist was waiting, leaning against the dining room window with his white bike. I learnt later … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged apologise, bicycle, bike, black, blind, Blipfoto, bodies, clothes, cyclist, dining room, drive, Edinburgh, encounter, escape, gravel, Hartburn, Leith Walk, lights, mattresses, monochrome, see, set, sing, street, TPR, vision, white, White House, wife, woman | Leave a comment

Unwise words and a Christmas tragedy on the Thames (Rousse)

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Dreamaticus

“How awful that your daughter-in-law’s father is a crook, and that her mother is a burnt-to-a-crisp, over-tanned, airhead shopaholic!” said N. More awful was that she uttered these words while (unknowingly) sitting right next to the daughter-in-law in question. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged accident, airhead, balcony, bar, Birmingham, blood, boatman, car, catch, celebrate, celebration, celebrations, Christmas, city, colleagues, crook, daughter-in-law, death, die, drink, drive, drown, fall, family, faux pas, invitation, jelly beans, jetty, ladder, London, motorboat, motorboats, neck, party, pub, red, shopaholic, skyline, slip, students, tan, Thames, toilets, tragedy, water, wine bar | Leave a comment

Drunk Police fan and dead grandmother responsible for multiple car crashes (Rousse)

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Dreamaticus

With my sister J at the wheel of the Fiat Panda, we turned off the main road and drove past a country pub packed with Eton schoolboys dressed in their school uniform. They couldn’t take their eyes off A, next … Continue reading →

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Earl Grey tea, Opium, and a onesie (Rousse)

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Following an afternoon of driving around aimlessly and missing meetings, BB, TPR and I ended up in a traditional tea room. Here I ordered a pot of Earl Grey and a bottle of Opium perfume. I hoped that nobody noticed … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged drive, Earl Grey, meeting, meetings, onesie, opium, patterned, perfume, proprietor, red, tea, tea room | Leave a comment

Thomson Reuters presentation mishap blamed on mismatched brown boots (Rousse)

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Dreamaticus

At the very last minute, just as the delegates were arriving, SW suggested that I check the set-up of the computers for my opening presentation. We quickly worked out that to get onto Thomson Reuters for a company search you … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged blue, brown boots, button, change, company, computers, conference, delegates, door, drive, footwear, local authority, mishap, mismatched, presentation, red, reuters, set-up, thomson, Thomson Reuters, venue, wife | Leave a comment

Cure concert attire crisis (Rousse)

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Dreamaticus

What should one wear to a Cure concert? A Cure tour T shirt, of course. I hunted high and low for one, both at the house (didn’t we once have one in blue?) and in a specialist bar for music … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged attire, bar, blue, concert, cure, dog, dogs, drive, east European, fan, fans, Glasgow, hunt, immigrant, immigrants, music, pet, pets, Robert Smith, show, T shirt, tent, the Cure, tour | Leave a comment

A lost lunch date (Rousse)

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Dreamaticus

“See you tomorrow”, I called to JT as I climbed out of his car. He confirmed the lunch date and then drove off. Just after 1pm the next day, TPR and I realised that we had forgotten all about lunch … Continue reading →

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A lunch date in Luskentyre (Rousse)

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I crossed the bridge over the Thames to track down a café. A friendly man nearby introduced himself to me as Ed and joined me in my quest for lunch. When nothing suitable could be found on the north bank … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged am, bank, bridge, cafe, car, drive, friend, Harris, Isle of Harris, lie, London, lunch, Luskentyre, Outer Hebrides, river, Thames | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: drive

Northumbria University’s funfair recruitment drive, and two naughty sisters (Rousse)

From Harry Potter’s Chamber of Secrets to Coronation Street (Rousse)

An encounter with the monochrome set (Rousse)

Unwise words and a Christmas tragedy on the Thames (Rousse)

Drunk Police fan and dead grandmother responsible for multiple car crashes (Rousse)

Earl Grey tea, Opium, and a onesie (Rousse)

Thomson Reuters presentation mishap blamed on mismatched brown boots (Rousse)

Cure concert attire crisis (Rousse)

A lunch date in Luskentyre (Rousse)

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