Tag Archives: holiday

Loss of voice and mind (Rousse)

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Dreamaticus

When I returned to work after a bout of illness I discovered two things. First, builders had demolished all the women’s toilets in my wing. Second, when it was announced that I was off sick, colleagues had queued at KC’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged car, car park, Denmark, gossip, holiday, illness, kayaks, paddles, sunglasses, toilets, work | Leave a comment

From the Caribbean to Tiverton by foot in party dresses (Rousse)

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Dreamaticus

Caribbean holiday over, MSB and I began to make our way home to Edinburgh. We were most unsuitably dressed for the journey, decked out in party dresses and ballet pumps. MSB modelled one of her own creations, a gorgeous Quality … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bedroom, blond, Bridgeport, Caribbean, child, diamonds, dress, dresses, drinks, Edinburgh, emerald, engagement ring, fairground, holiday, Holiday Inn, hotel, mountains, Phase Eight, Portishead, railway, reception, ring, sapphire, satin, sequins, Tiverton, TPR, trains | Leave a comment

Anti-French feeling and fossilised fruit (Rousse)

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Dreamaticus

We even surprised ourselves when we signed up for the mediterranean cruise. However, this was a cruise with a difference. The small wooden boat was so packed that we fought for sleeping space at night, and most of the other … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged apples, bananas, boat, cruise, fossils, France, French, holiday, islands, mediterranean, passengers, pears, plums, queues, queuing, refugees, school, teaching | Leave a comment

Selling tickets at the Fringe, and shooting woodcock in the Borders (Rousse)

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Dreamaticus

Kev F Sutherland was our new boss. For our first task we set up a stall in the Pleasance Yard and prepared to sell as many tickets as we could for that night’s performance by the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brooch, California, campus, Canada, Caribbean, Chicago, coat, Danish, driving, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Fringe, fans, flag, flying, Fringe, fur, hedge, holiday, Kev F Sutherland, letter box, paint, Pleasance, Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, sea, shooting, stall, teenager, thunderstorm, TPR, wall, woodcock | Leave a comment

The Glasgow School of Spelling, David Bowie, Andy Warhol, Limmy and a retirement home for celebrities (Rousse)

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Dreamaticus

It was very sweet of the organisers to remember me, but I really didn’t deserve any recognition at all at the engineering teaching awards ceremony. I suspected that BB was behind this. The biggest clue was that it was one … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andy Warhol, awards, basement, bedrooms, bigness, celebrities, chocolates, comedian, David Bowie, Edinburgh, engineering, foundations, Glasgow, grant, Hexham, holiday, Indian, Limmy, media and cultural studies, mobile, nursing home, PhD, professor, Spain, students, teaching, university, University of Glasgow | Leave a comment

Belle goes on holiday

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Dreamaticus

It was so long since I had been on holiday, I had no idea whether this was normal. The only lunch option was ‘creamed magic mushrooms on ciabatta’. Later the flea market turned into a fists-out bunfight as shoppers tore … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bread, ciabatta, drugs, flea market, holiday, magic mushrooms, make-up | Leave a comment

Rousse tickles an elephant, misses her sunglasses, and hangs on to her suitcase

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Dreamaticus

Just how dangerous are 10-foot tall herbivores? This elephant seemed pretty tame. He almost chuckled as I tickled his tummy, and definitely purred while I massaged his feet. Then suddenly his mood changed. He roared hungrily, baring his teeth with … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged apple, dog, Edinburgh, elephant, Granny Smith, hat, herbivore, holiday, mother-in-law, Oban, packing, sister-in-law, step-brother, sunglasses, sunset, teeth, tickle, TPR, tummy | Leave a comment

Car chaos in central Edinburgh, and mixed Morgans (Rousse)

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I handled the mark 2 silver Ford Granada like a tank, and with complete disregard for the other vehicles parked on Edinburgh’s Cockburn Street. When it came to reversing into a space I was so lazy that I didn’t even … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Berlin, car, Cockburn Street, desert, driving, Edinburgh, Ford Fiesta, Ford Granada, High Street, holiday, JP Morgan, Mark 2, mirror, Morgan Stanley, Peugeot 205, Quality Street, tank, TPR | Leave a comment

Rousse’s trip to Spain uncovers NHS zombie and Sir Alex Ferguson’s secret château

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I acknowledged that this little game with passengers at Edinburgh airport was losing its appeal. Stopping dead in your tracks just to witness the reaction of people following immediately behind you is a bit childish. At the gate, and from … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alex McLeish, bandages, beach, chateau, coat, concierge, Edinburgh, Edinburgh airport, football, Hilton, holiday, hotel, lift, mistress, NHS, pregnant, Republic of Ireland, Sir Alex Ferguson, Spain, stitching, tapeworm, wounds, zombie | Leave a comment

Belle keeps it in the family

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Dreamaticus

After a brief fling with a rotund middle-aged man I had ordered from Facebook, I found myself dating his much more appealing son. At some point I was going to have to come clean – but not yet. We were … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged books, Brockley, Facebook, flying, France, holiday, London, Nice, Spain | Leave a comment