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Escapees from the Gaelic choir discover a ‘horny’ Victorian (Rousse)

VJ and I made our escape from the Gaelic concert at Edinburgh airport and ran along the cycle path in the direction of Duddingston Loch. To make the race fairer, I agreed not to use my arms. This soon gave … Continue reading

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Escaped gorillas from Edinburgh Zoo enjoy the Fringe experience (Rousse)

All the animals had escaped from Edinburgh Zoo. I spotted a hippopotamus lumbering along a New Town crescent, then a gnu carefully picking his way along a cobbled street. A family of three gorillas seemed more at home, queuing for … Continue reading

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Clues to a kidnap in 101 Dalmatians screening (Rousse)

We’d had so much fun at the fine art themed escape room experience that we returned to the venue the following week. This time, however, instead of a small game for six, this experience was for an entire cinema audience, … Continue reading

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Moth escape (Rousse)

TPR and I were halfway across town when we realised that we had abandoned our elderly charge at home without leaving details of our whereabouts. We made an about turn and rushed back to the house, praying that she had … Continue reading

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Trapped in the underground (Rousse)

I was up to my usual tricks of travelling across town along secret underground passages in a wheeled crate. However, one day I noticed that a lock had been added to the door at one of the main entry points … Continue reading

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Saved by Sherlock (Belle)

I had been framed and imprisoned for a massive jewel heist but was broken out of prison by Sherlock Holmes.

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Escaping a war zone by leaky raft (Rousse)

As the bombs dropped on the city, we raced to the port. Here all sorts of vessels lined up to evacuate the population. I hoped that we would be assigned to one of the sturdy blue fishing boats, but by … Continue reading

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Escape from the giant drag queen monster (Rousse)

TPR scooped me up into his arms to carry me and run for our lives. Eventually there was sufficient distance between us and the monster: an eight foot, heavily made up, bald, drag queen with red flashing eyes primed to … Continue reading

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Escape from Brexit (Rousse)

It was meant to be a two-hour morning meeting to discuss the requirements of the advertised posts and the candidates to be interviewed in the afternoon. About 45 minutes in one of my colleagues started an irrelevant rant about Brexit. … Continue reading

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Escaping from book group (Rousse)

Left in charge of the book group, SC transformed it into an escape game. All the clues could be found on the reverse side of the place mats, just beneath our dinner plates on the table.

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