Tag Archives: driver

Expelled for missing the bus (Rousse)

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Dreamaticus

It was a huge honour to have been appointed to this high profile expert panel to work with the most senior UK academics and the country’s top civil servants. After Day 1 of important confidential debate, the chair released us … Continue reading →

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Adventures with a Ford Granada (Rousse)

Posted on July 8, 2025 by Dreamaticus

I took my mother’s car keys without her knowledge and set off in the Granada to the meeting at the Royal Society of Edinburgh. I followed the car in front, stupidly assuming that the driver was also heading in the … Continue reading →

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Meeting ‘famous’ people in Scotland (Belle)

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Dreamaticus

I was beginning to think the marketing blurb for this Famous People of Scotland tour was slightly misleading. I was introduced to Sean Connery, who was a thirty-something wildlife welfare officer, and to our coach driver, whose name was Rabbie … Continue reading →

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Cheese dishes for ‘scolding’ season and cycling by cargo bike (Rousse)

Posted on May 10, 2024 by Dreamaticus

The ‘scolding’ season was upon us again. All my friends were preparing the special scolded cheese dishes, marking the age-old tradition of housewives using up excess dairy products at the end of spring. DTJ proudly showed me her two creations … Continue reading →

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The 70% driver (Rousse)

Posted on March 31, 2024 by Dreamaticus

They gave me the nickname 70% to recognise the quality of my driving: OK 70% of the time, dreadful for the other 30%.

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David Tennant’s ‘dangerous driver’ wife (Rousse)

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Dreamaticus

It was still dark at 4:00am when I turned the key in my red Peugeot 205 to drive it up the hill past the community centre and round the corner to the village car park. This was the easiest place … Continue reading →

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A bus driver’s intuition (Rousse)

Posted on August 29, 2023 by Dreamaticus

My skills as a bus driver were called into question when I offered an apologetic explanation for poor stop management. ‘I saw that there was a stationary bus in front of me, and another behind, which I guessed was also … Continue reading →

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Unlicensed taxi driver axe murderer (Rousse)

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Dreamaticus

I knew that it was risky for us to climb into an unlicensed cab, but banked on my belief in safety in numbers. After the driver dropped the other couple off at their destination, he turned to ask me and … Continue reading →

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A dangerous driver and an impossible treasure hunt (Rousse)

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Dreamaticus

I was not pleased when the driver switched seats with SPL and allowed her to drive along the narrow roads of rural Aberdeenshire. Although she held a driver’s licence, SPL rarely took the wheel of a car, and it showed. … Continue reading →

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To Stornoway by bus via Perth (Rousse)

Posted on May 13, 2023 by Dreamaticus

Finally the crammed bus set off for Stornoway via Perth – but before we’d even reached the outskirts of town, the driver was lost. We ended up in the cul-de-sac of a new housing estate still under construction. This tiny … Continue reading →

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