Tag Archives: first

Sci-fi at the Four Seasons hotel and an abandoned bike (Rousse)

Posted on October 26, 2025 by Dreamaticus

The short cycle ride to Waverley station was torturous. From Broughton Street I was diverted onto a narrow, and almost unnavigable, forest track. I dumped the bike, then continued on foot to the Four Seasons hotel. Here thousands of sci-fi … Continue reading →

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A wasted return trip to New Zealand (Rousse)

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Dreamaticus

My old running pal EJ forgot her rugby bag when she set off for New Zealand. ‘To hell with the expense!’ I thought as I booked my flight. It was worth the cost to deliver the bag to her in … Continue reading →

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A first wife’s fortune (Rousse)

Posted on November 5, 2021 by Dreamaticus

GG’s daughters were enraged when they learnt that their tall, handsome, suited father was not leaving his fortune to their mother, but instead to his first wife – me. This decision made me wonder whether GG and I had ever … Continue reading →

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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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Rumours of garden corpse in case of missing wife (Rousse)

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Dreamaticus

Each day I offered my new daughter a cup of tea the moment that she came home from school. Every time she ignored me. Similarly her father (my new husband) also wanted little to do with me. Could this be … Continue reading →

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Broad bean babies transform into aconites (Rousse)

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Dreamaticus

My cousin EV asked if we could look after her newborn baby. I was very nervous about accepting the invitation, especially since the baby was only the size of a broad bean. It was obvious that this would be a … Continue reading →

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Doctoral degree entry requirements: Oxford and Edinburgh (Rousse)

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Dreamaticus

All the others were clutching revision notes as we entered the exam hall. I had nothing in my hands because I had done no preparation whatsoever. So what if SH got a first and I failed? Then I started to … Continue reading →

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Phil Collins flies first class (Rousse)

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Dreamaticus

Phil Collins was travelling first class from Montreal back to London on the same flight as me. I knew this because the fat woman in yellow told me so in the vast aircraft toilets.

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A level results anxieties (Rousse)

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Dreamaticus

It was only when the young man in our party on holiday in the highlands announced that he was going to phone in for his A level grades that I realised that (a) he was a school boy, and (b) … Continue reading →

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Changes in the marine environment to suit a red-haired mermaid (Rousse)

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Dreamaticus

We were coming to the end of an uneventful family holiday. On the morning of our last full day away I bounced out of the big shared family bed and asked my little sister (aged 12) whether she would like … Continue reading →

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