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A Yorkshire woman in Canada (Rousse)

Posted on February 10, 2018 by

My cousin NT steered the tiny green car through the snowy Canadian landscape. I doubted that it would make it up the hill without snow chains, but NT was prepared to give it a go. In the end, however, we … Continue reading →

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A lakeside retreat in the US (Rousse)

Posted on February 8, 2018 by

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 →

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Hospital portering as a career for the elderly (Rousse)

Posted on July 3, 2017 by

My father complained that he was sick of living in Edinburgh and wanted to move elsewhere. I couldn’t understand why. Whatever would we do with the ponies that grazed in our garden? Perhaps he needed a job? I suggested hospital … Continue reading →

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Mid-air knitter stalked by elderly couple on flight to the UK from Thailand (Rousse)

Posted on March 20, 2017 by

I must have broken several international laws on board the flight from Thailand back to the UK: I carried a sharp three inch needle in my hand luggage I looped the yarn from my ball of blue wool to the … Continue reading →

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Naked computer scientist rugby players high on drugs cause havoc at house party (Rousse)

Posted on January 10, 2017 by

Our party was getting out of hand. Five naked computer scientist rugby players high on drugs had squeezed into the bath off the spare bedroom – just at the point that I was showing MB’s nonagenarian mother to her room … Continue reading →

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Scaling walls on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne (Rousse)

Posted on November 22, 2016 by

There was no room for a staircase when the house on Holy Island was first built. Portable suction pads were provided to the residents so that they could scale the walls to reach the upper floors. My elderly mother was … Continue reading →

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An Edinburgh colony house visit (Rousse)

Posted on May 26, 2015 by

I met LK sitting on the narrow pavement outside her colony house on Easter Road. She wanted to show me her garden so we left her two daughters by the roadside and I followed her through the main door of … Continue reading →

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