Tag Archives: field

Tigers disrupt domestic routine (Rousse)

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Twice in two days I popped out of the house, across the road, through the field, and down to the wood to fetch a couple of empty suitcases. The first time I scattered a crowd of rabbits ahead of me, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bag, bags, case, cases, chase, deer, domestic, field, fox, foxes, house, rabbit, rabbits, road, routine, shadow, suitcase, suitcases, tiger, tigers, TPR, tree, trees, wildlife, wood | Leave a comment

Stuart Maconie radio chef (Rousse)

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I was Stuart Maconie’s right hand woman. My main role was to sit at his feet in the BBC studio in Salford next to Rosie the border terrier. The cat sometimes joined us on the floor, but more often she … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged audience, Barbour, BBC, border terrier, cat, chef, competition, cookery, dishes, dog, feet, field, Hunter, jackets, lap, magazine, Media City, models, radio, recipes, right hand woman, Rosie, Salford, Stuart Maconie, studio, wellies, wellingtons | Leave a comment

Films stars and seals meet their maker on Devon beach (Rousse)

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Dreamaticus

TPR sat on a bar stool at the other end of the café. While chatting away to some random woman, he glanced in my direction and winked the message “Don’t worry, I know I’m yours. I’ll be over to you … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged alarm, bar, beach, cafe, death, Devon, die, family, field, film, glance, list, maker, name, potato, sea, seal, seals, shore, shoreline, star, stars, stool, tables, TPR, whiteboard, woman | Leave a comment

Rousse’s timeshare scam

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Dreamaticus

As we showered in the tiny hallway of the tatty shack at the end of a field I asked myself once again: how on earth had we been persuaded to buy a stake in this supposed “luxury” (but in reality … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged basic, field, hall, hallway, luxury, property, scam, scams, shack, shower, timeshare, timeshares | Leave a comment

Paris attractions (Rousse)

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I’d only just arrived in Paris and already I had bumped into two people from my Gallic past. First I saw PG on his way to work. He was now a grey-haired father of three, yet had kept his great … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged apartment, attractions, canvas, delivery, fashion, field, flat, Gallic, grey-haired, hay, head, height, house, humour, meeting, office, parade, Paris, past, show, table, teenagers, work | Leave a comment

Rail accident survivors use taste and texture to identify Kent (Rousse)

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I was flung from the railway carriage and landed face-down in a newly ploughed field. The taste of the mouthful of soil and its texture in my hands helped me identify the location of the accident: Kent.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged accident, carriage, field, Kent, rail, soil, survivor, survivors, taste, texture, train | Leave a comment

Little Red Riding Rousse wins a dinner invitation

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Dreamaticus

When on a Little Red Riding Hood mission to deliver a supply of cottage cheese in my wicker basket to the S family, I came across TF digging muddy trenches in a field. He and has son T were committed … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged basket, cheese, cottage, daughter, dig, digging, dinner, field, husband, invitation, Little Red Riding Hood, mud, muddy, shopping, son, tea, TPR, trench, trenches, wicker, wife | Leave a comment

A visit to the Indigo bed and breakfast (Rousse)

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Dreamaticus

The Indigo bed and breakfast was in Cunningsburgh, Shetland. TPR had dumped the bike elsewhere so we caught the bus to the village. Once again I was astonished at the reach of service of Lothian Buses. We asked for directions … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged agricultural show, agriculture, b and b, B&B, bed and breakfast, bike, box, bus, carpet, claustrophobia, climb, cream, Cunningsburgh, destination, driver, entertainment, field, gallow, guest house, hill, hostess, hotel, house, hymns, impression, Indigo, inhabitants, inn, Lothian, Lothian buses, metal, oil, pale, residents, services, Shetland, spiral, square, staircase, street, structure, strut, telephone, top, TPR, village | Leave a comment

Apples, camping gear, and a cardigan (Rousse)

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Dreamaticus

JC and I volunteered to help set up the pitch at the outdoor festival. First of all we had to collect the stock for the stall. The young woman in charge drove our Land Rover to the depot. There we … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged anorak, apple, apples, Bank of Scotland, batch, Berghaus, blow-up, camping, cardigan, cold, depot, equipment, festival, field, gear, Land Rover, outdoor, outdoors, rain, stall, stock, T shirt, trailer, volunteer, volunteers, wet, woman | Leave a comment

Primary school reunion mission thwarted (Rousse)

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Dreamaticus

This was – apparently – a Hartburn Primary School reunion. We were given the run of the school itself. I enjoyed a quick peek in the kitchens, which hadn’t changed a jot in 40 years. My main quarry, however, was … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bullies, bully, camera, field, go-between, Hartburn, kitchen, kitchens, knee, lunch, lunchtime, meal, ocntact, photo, photograph, photographs, photos, primary, quarry, scar, school, stone, TPR, wall | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: field

Tigers disrupt domestic routine (Rousse)

Stuart Maconie radio chef (Rousse)

Rousse’s timeshare scam

Paris attractions (Rousse)

Rail accident survivors use taste and texture to identify Kent (Rousse)

Little Red Riding Rousse wins a dinner invitation

A visit to the Indigo bed and breakfast (Rousse)

Apples, camping gear, and a cardigan (Rousse)

Primary school reunion mission thwarted (Rousse)

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