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Smoked salmon salad cocktails and stormy seas in the Outer Hebrides (Rousse)

Posted on October 26, 2026 by Dreamaticus

It was the end of the final season for my favourite guest house on the Isle of Lewis. As a favour to innkeeper RG, I helped him with the catering in his attempt to use up all the food that … Continue reading →

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A junk shop, guest lecture, and ruined trip to the cinema in Aberystwyth (Rousse)

Posted on October 18, 2026 by Dreamaticus

The real reason why NP couldn’t join social events at weekends was that she ran a junk shop in Aberystwyth. I only discovered this when a man called Chris invited me to the town to deliver a guest lecture at … Continue reading →

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A bad day at the office (Rousse)

Posted on October 12, 2026 by Dreamaticus

It was a great disappointment that my Auntie A failed to turn up as a guest speaker. I was sure that she would have had much say to my work colleagues in the city of London. I had made such … Continue reading →

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John Lewis furnishings favoured by terrorists (Rousse)

Posted on September 13, 2026 by Dreamaticus

My sister J had been completely taken in by the terrorists. She had no idea that we were captives when they led us to their opulent mansion. Instead, she behaved as if she were an honoured guest. She didn’t even … Continue reading →

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Unexpected unicycling lunch guests (Rousse)

Posted on February 15, 2026 by Dreamaticus

AC was teaching a stranger to unicycle in our hall. After the ‘class’ I invited the pair of them to stay for lunch, even though I knew that this would cost us a fortune. The cycling student hesitated, then said … Continue reading →

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Unwelcome chair, cat, and guest (Rousse)

Posted on December 16, 2025 by Dreamaticus

What was my mother’s old recliner-riser chair doing back in our sitting room? Why was my sister’s cat rolling round on the floor? And – more to the point – how had my sister managed to get into the house … Continue reading →

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Party treats of burnt prawns and carbonised sausages (Rousse)

Posted on September 20, 2025 by Dreamaticus

Our lodger FR hadn’t quite got the hang of our kitchen. She crammed far too much blue and white crockery into the glass-fronted cupboards, then cleared a drawer to store a single cake. More annoying, she didn’t clean up after … Continue reading →

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A bonus bungalow (Rousse)

Posted on August 26, 2025 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I thought that we had bought just one house in the country. Then the estate agent pointed out that the dormer bungalow along the lane was also ours. This would be a great bonus for our guests. If … Continue reading →

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Living in two parallel dimensions (Rousse)

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Dreamaticus

TPR was upset that I had chosen to sit next to HVJ rather than him on the tiny plane to Shetland. ‘That’s because I was thinking of our guest’, I argued. HVJ was confused when she saw that the streets … Continue reading →

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Housework for a ride (Rousse)

Posted on March 19, 2025 by Dreamaticus

I had an appointment to meet Steve Rickman in his office at the university at 8:00am. It wasn’t far along the coast, so I planned to walk along the shoreline to our rendezvous. I hadn’t considered that this would be … Continue reading →

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