Tag Archives: lorry

Truck hire Edinburgh (Rousse)

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I was impressed with TPR’s truck driving. He sailed with ease along the wide lanes of the M8 into Edinburgh. Similarly, he skillfully navigated the narrow streets of the city, managing to squeeze the articulated lorry down the narrowest of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged abseil, car, close, Edinburgh, hire, lorry, M8, magazine, medieval, Old Town, spiral, staircase, toy, TPR, truck | Leave a comment

An octogenarian goes cycling (Rousse)

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Dreamaticus

My mother and I joined the main carriageway carefully – which is just as well because a large timber lorry had obviously not seen us on our bikes, and nearly took out the pair of us. We were heading north … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bathing, bike, cliff, cycling, cyclist, father, gorge, lorry, mother, north, octogenarian, pool, stamp, waterfall | Leave a comment

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

Salford scheme shames poor drivers (Rousse)

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Dreamaticus

My driving was getting worse. In Salford I scraped our white BMW against the kerb outside a hospital, nearly taking out some nursing staff. Thankfully the car easily transformed into a motorbike. This meant that I could make a quick … Continue reading →

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