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Tag Archives: Edinburgh
Edinburgh to Australia via Perth in a House of Bruar cashmere coat (Rousse)
The long haul flight took an interesting route. Its first stop after leaving Edinburgh was the city of Perth, 32 miles north of the Scottish capital. The plane travelled here by road, and collected extra passengers from the High Street. … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, cashmere, coat, Edinburgh, flight, hand luggage, House of Bruar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Malaysians, nervous breakdown, passengers, Perth, plane, speech, suitcase, TPR
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Waylaid on Broughton Street by Edwardian hookers and a shop alarm (Rousse)
I knew that I needed to be at Waverley Station to meet JS and RR off the train from Bristol at 18:30. Nevertheless, I cycled down Broughton Street on my static exercise bike, and followed the new-to-me narrow street that … Continue reading
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Tagged antique, bike, Bristol, Broughton Street, children, Edinburgh, Edwardian, exercise, hooker, London Street, shop, spear, staircase, station, Waverley
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Edinburgh versus Bristol (Rousse)
Since the sale of our beautiful Georgian flat in Edinburgh, we were staying in a cramped modern, windowless, flat in a rough part of Bristol. This would be a temporary arrangement until we found a new home more to our … Continue reading
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Tagged Bristol, Clifton, Edinburgh, flat, garden, Georgian, highlands, West Sussex
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The dead with an Egyptian theme (Rousse)
I tucked myself under my father-in-law’s shoulder as we walked up Edinburgh’s London Road together. He was so warm and loving towards me, displaying far more affection now than he ever did when he was alive. Meanwhile, in the grounds … Continue reading
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Tagged castle, Edinburgh, Egypt, father-in-law, funeral, funerary, London, mask, pyramid, road, shrine, Stirling
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Sheffield trains and brothels (Rousse)
A tall French woman in a long white cotton dress stood perplexed on a platform at Edinburgh Waverley railway station. When I offered to help her, she held up her phone to me to display her train ticket. She complained … Continue reading
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Tagged brothel, Edinburgh, French, guard, phone, Sheffeld, station, ticket. service, train, Waverley
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Secrets of a summer cycling trip (Rousse)
A week in a dormitory on the converted Queen Margaret University campus was a very modest holiday for us, but fit the remit. Best of all, XX was there. Although her ex-husband and two children were with her, XX was … Continue reading
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Tagged cycling, Edinburgh, ex-husband. children, friend, holiday, Queen Margaret, secret, summer, trip
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Running with pigs and a lobotomy (Rousse)
The Dean reminded me that the deadline was fast approaching for the submission of grant proposals. I acknowledged his concern that it appeared that I had done nothing to bring a team together, then booked a meeting room in the … Continue reading
Limbless torsos in Speedos, a bare-breasted woman, children in litter disguise, and booklet giveaways in Morningside (Rousse)
I abandoned weeding a municipal planter on the southern outskirts of Edinburgh so that I could catch a 23 bus back into town and meet my mother on Colinton Road at 6:30pm, as previously agreed. The bus was frustratingly slow. … Continue reading
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Tagged 23, booklet, breasts, bus, cafe, Colinton Road, cream, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier University, fuel can, grammar, Holy Corner, limbless, litter bin, Morningside, mother, niece, office, planter, poetry, school, servicemen, shawl, sister, swimming, torso, weeding, youghourt
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Parading with fire engines and sourcing reusable nappies from Natalie (Rousse)
Two of my duties as a new Edinburgh community councillor were (1) to join the public services parade from the New Town up to the mound (we followed the fire engines), and (2) to source reusable nappies from a woman … Continue reading
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Tagged community councillor, Edinburgh, fire engine, nappies, Natalie, New Town, parade
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Saturday night discos at Edinburgh airport (Rousse)
The posh man to the left of me asked if we would be going to the Saturday night disco at Edinburgh airport. He assured me that the music would be to our tastes – but then I realised that I … Continue reading
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