Tag Archives: Indian

Highland glamour (Rousse)

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Dreamaticus

I thought that we would not make it when the Indian driver lost control of the car in the snow. Luckily we survived the skids, entered the beautiful glen, and our journey was complete at the point that the road … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1960s, castle, châtelaine, driver, fashion, glamor, glamour, glen, highland, highlands, hotel, Indian, jewellery, ladies, lady, loch, shame, shoreline, skid | Leave a comment

Curry versus keynote (Rousse)

Posted on August 22, 2022 by Dreamaticus

There was barely half an hour before the opening keynote speech and I still hadn’t finished preparing the chicken curry that I had promised for dinner for day 2 of the conference. As soon as the sessions started, I would … Continue reading →

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House clearance ‘burglary’ (Rousse)

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I stood outside our building and watched several members of an Indian family empty the ground floor flat. When yet another a young man came out of the front door – this one carrying a neat pile of brown bed … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged accusation, bed, brown, clearance, family, house, house clearance, Indian, innocence, linen, man, neighbour, pavement, TPR | Leave a comment

An irresistible avocado green bath tub (Rousse)

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Should we purchase the flat on London Road, Edinburgh that we were currently renting from an Indian? Sure, it was a little way out of town, but the floor space was larger than our old place. The deal clincher, however, … Continue reading →

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An encounter with a narcissist robot (Rousse)

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I was an unexpected, and unwelcome, guest at the house of a woman who was in my year at school. We barely knew one another. I had simply spoken to EC, a retired accountant, at a couple of reunions in … Continue reading →

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Fried eggs and a friendship fractured (Rousse)

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Dreamaticus

My friendship with Belle was over, and it was all my fault. I invited two extra women that I barely knew to visit, even though Belle was meant to be my guest of honour. At the time we were also … Continue reading →

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A busy seaside highland hotel (Rousse)

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I hoped that all this cycling was helping me to lose weight. I’d seen a shocking video of myself in a mustard yellow shift dress over black leggings and did not the idea that kindly people had taken to describing … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bedroom, black, bus, car park, coach, company, curvy, cycle, door, dress, Ghanaian, highland, hotel, Indian, label, leggings, mobile, mustard, parties, party, phone, photo, portrait, safe, sea, seaside, service, tandem, tide, tour, TPR, trader, video, wall, water, wedding, wheel | Leave a comment

Stockton man traffics refugees as a sideline to drug dealing (Rousse)

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I were setting down to watch a 1970s film in the upstairs drawing room of the White House when we sensed that we were not alone. After a quick check behind the furniture revealed nothing, we sat back … Continue reading →

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Dinner party distractions (Rousse)

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Dreamaticus

TPR interfered with my cooking arrangements so now all the plans for the dinner party had gone awry. He even let a plastic spatula melt in a saucepan. Meanwhile JLW wasn’t doing much better at setting the table for 16 … Continue reading →

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Mostly unknowns at the online information relaunch (Rousse)

Posted on August 27, 2016 by Dreamaticus

They tried to bring back the annual international online information meeting, but it just wasn’t the same. A couple of unknown academics from an equally unknown university were supposedly in charge. They didn’t seem to be coping very well. I … Continue reading →

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