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A secretive cold rice pudding home-coming (Rousse)

Posted on October 3, 2018 by

EH and I returned together from the book group meeting in West Lothian. We hailed a taxi to take us Steventon, then caught a number 11 bus that was en route to Tranent via Edinburgh city centre. Back at home … Continue reading →

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Unusual lavatory layout for school parties in Stockton-on-Tees (Rousse)

Posted on March 13, 2018 by

Formerly known as Hector’s House, the third of the double garages (including the coach house) at the White House, Hartburn, Stockton-on-Tees, was converted into holiday accommodation for school parties. On the ground floor there was a self-contained bedroom with en … Continue reading →

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Secrets of an Edinburgh book group (Rousse)

Posted on February 7, 2018 by

TTX was asking me all sorts of questions about book groups as we crossed over London Road between Meadowbank Stadium and Jock’s Lodge. I couldn’t tell whether she was sneering at the concept, or hinting that she would like to … Continue reading →

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Mystery woman at book group shows off season’s best selling grey woollen outfit from Next (Rousse)

Posted on April 10, 2017 by

Poor SC. We all turned up at her house for our monthly meeting, but none of us had bothered to read the prescribed text. I was rather puzzled because I recognised the book title and its jacket, yet I had … Continue reading →

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Falling for the charms of a lady lady killer (Rousse)

Posted on October 31, 2016 by

I agreed to take a photo of the huge group of people who had gate-crashed our party for their own celebrations. If only they could gather everyone together in the same room at the same time, this would be possible. … Continue reading →

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A youthful uncle (Rousse)

Posted on June 18, 2016 by

I left my book group pals at the table to greet my Uncle J. He was back in the UK for one last trip. Despite his advanced years he was looking great. Most notable was his full head of dark … Continue reading →

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Jaded academic seeks oblivion with the help of yellow jellied cocaine (Rousse)

Posted on March 1, 2016 by

It took us a while to find the meeting on the top floor of a deserted University building. The venue was a formal board room, and it was packed. All the great and good were there, including KW who greeted … Continue reading →

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