Tag Archives: lorry

Driving backwards to a dinner date (Rousse)

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Dreamaticus

My mother put the Volvo into reverse, swivelled the driver’s seat to face the back of the car, and drove backwards along the dual carriageway. She disregarded my warnings that she risked crashing into the lorry behind us that was … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Australia, backwards, behind, boss, crash, date, dinner, drive, driver, dual carriageway, in front, lorry, Manchester, mother, pay, seat car, sister, warning | Leave a comment

Lettuce, a lorry, and Looney Tunes (Rousse)

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Belle was in town (hurrah!) but she was leaving on the next train (boo!) When she confessed to me that she had arrived two days ago to stay in her Edinburgh New Town pied à terre I did my best … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bag, balance, bank, Belle, coin, council, disappointment, Drummond Place, Edinburgh, friendly, Garmin, generous, gift, lettuce, Looney Tunes, lorry, meter, New Town, pied-à-terre, screen, snow, touchy--feely, watch | Leave a comment

A caravan, a conference, and carbonara (Rousse)

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I elected to sleep in the static caravan, along with the students. However, I had hoped that I would still be allowed to use the bathroom in the house. When the students told me that they used the caravan shower, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bathroom, caravan, carbonara, conference, delegate, lanyard, lorry, neck, ribbon, shower, sleep, south, static, student, supper, venue | Leave a comment

A miracle landing, and donkeys and surfers in Stockon-on-Tees (Rousse)

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Dreamaticus

Despite all the warnings BP, EH and I all elected to take a flight during the terror alert. I should not have been surprised when about an hour from our destination the cabin lights went out and the air supply … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged air, alert, cabin, Darlington Road, death, destination, disembark, donkey, flight, forgive, hand, hold, land, landing, lights, lorry, miracle, photograph, safe, Stockton, Stockton-on-Tees, supply, surfer, surprise, terror, unscathed, warning | Leave a comment

Baby survives a squashing outside Nando’s (Rousse)

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I watched in horror as the huge lorry rolled backwards on the pavement outside Nando’s on Lothian Road, Edinburgh. That poor baby, who a couple of minutes ago was playing on the ground just out of the line of sight … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged baby, blood, bloody, dance, Edinburgh, happy, horror, lorry, Lothian Road, mother, Nando's, pancake, pavement, roll, squash, street, survive, wheels | Leave a comment

Jewish highland flatbed lorry tradition (Rousse)

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Dreamaticus

TPR had dumped me, but I had somehow managed to replace him with a young, dark-haired man in his early twenties. My new boyfriend and I travelled on two ferries with my parents for a long weekend away together. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged boyfriend, dump, family, ferry, flatbed, hands, highland, hold, Jew, Jewish, jump, lift, lorry, parent, TPR, tradition, travel, weekend | Leave a comment

Alps plane crash victim regrets flight choice (Rousse)

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Dreamaticus

LM and her colleague from the National Library of Scotland could wait for me no longer. I said that I would follow them up to the Library just as soon as I could get off the phone. We were due … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alps, bedroom, bikini, bridge, Broughton Street, call, choice, door, dress, driver, Edinburgh, Edinburgh airport, flat, flight, flirt, fury, ice-berg, jeans, late, lorry, make-up, melt-water, Natonal Library of Scotland, overhead locker, passenger, phone, plane, regret, sister, sleep, Special Libraries Association, sulk, TPR, venue, walk | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: lorry

Driving backwards to a dinner date (Rousse)

Lettuce, a lorry, and Looney Tunes (Rousse)

A caravan, a conference, and carbonara (Rousse)

A miracle landing, and donkeys and surfers in Stockon-on-Tees (Rousse)

Baby survives a squashing outside Nando’s (Rousse)

Jewish highland flatbed lorry tradition (Rousse)

Alps plane crash victim regrets flight choice (Rousse)

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