Tag Archives: escape

Escape from Brexit (Rousse)

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Dreamaticus

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)

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Dreamaticus

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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Marine stegosaurus stalks walkers on Edinburgh canal track (Rousse)

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Dreamaticus

All the animals – including ferocious lions and tigers – broke free from their enclosures at Edinburgh zoo. Fortunately I was in complete safety, high up in the cabin of my red tractor. However, my fortunes changed when I later … Continue reading →

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Escaped astronauts (Rousse)

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I asked the students to dress up for the tutorial according to the theme of ‘outer space’, so was delighted when the six of them turned up as astronauts in bulky all-in-one ski suits. Forty-five minutes into our discussion AA … Continue reading →

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A cave holiday with a two-husband trip to Edinburgh Zoo (Rousse)

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Dreamaticus

TPR booked an unheated cave for our summer holiday in the far north of Scotland. Although compact, its floor-space was still greater than our first house in Birmingham. Red curtains at the ‘door way’ mouth provided adequate privacy. When my … Continue reading →

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A failed escape from a crime scene (Rousse)

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Dreamaticus

We were staying in a beautiful tall detached house that was second from the end of a row of similar buildings squashed together in a densely populated part of the city. If you glanced up at the skylight over the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged alarm, bed, burglar, bus, crime, danger, deck, escape, face, fail, fingers, hand, house, ladder, Malaysian, man, mortal, noise, palm, rooftop, save, scene, silent, skylight, step, top, TPR, warning, window, woman, youth | Leave a comment

Kidnap victims escape captor by first class rail (Rousse)

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Dreamaticus

BR and I were being held hostage by a crazy gunman who thought it hysterical to ‘tease’ us by holding a gun to our heads. Even funnier, in his warped mind, was to hand the deadly weapon over to each … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: escape

Escape from Brexit (Rousse)

Marine stegosaurus stalks walkers on Edinburgh canal track (Rousse)

Escaped astronauts (Rousse)

A cave holiday with a two-husband trip to Edinburgh Zoo (Rousse)

A failed escape from a crime scene (Rousse)

Kidnap victims escape captor by first class rail (Rousse)

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