Tag Archives: mobile

Thirty unexpected minutes in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Rousse)

Posted on June 18, 2023 by Dreamaticus

An announcement came over the tannoy when the train drew into Newcastle Central railway station: ‘Due to circumstances beyond our control, this service will wait here for thirty minutes. Please could all passengers disembark and return after supper.’ By the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged box, carriage, central, entrance, LNER, mobile, mother, Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, phone, platform, staff, station, supper, telephone, thirty, town, TPR, train, white, wine | Leave a comment

Vauxhall Viva daffodil destroyer (Rousse)

Posted on June 22, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I was driving a white Vauxhall Viva in a rather erratic manner when my mobile phone rang. I knew that it was not advisable to answer it when at the wheel, so I turned into a side road to find … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alice, cul de sac, garden, mobile, phone, road, speed, Vauxhall, viva | Leave a comment

Train trouble at Milton Keynes (Rousse)

Posted on June 4, 2019 by Dreamaticus

The train had almost pulled into the last station on the route when it reversed direction. The guard announced that it would no longer be stopping at Milton Keynes, but instead would call in at all stations en route to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged copy, fare, guard, Milton Keynes, mobile, radio, service, Southampton, station, taxi, train, trouble | Leave a comment

AirBnB in a double decker bus (Rousse)

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Dreamaticus

We were trying to persuade my mother to rent out the static caravan in her garden as an AirBnB. We took her on a bus ride to show her how this could be done: the bus itself had been converted … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged AirBnB, bus, caravan, double decker, mobile, mother, phone, static, TPR | Leave a comment

Evan Davies interviews for ‘How bad was my week?’

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Dreamaticus

My sister S drove like a maniac along the Hebridean shoreline, skidding on seaweed and only narrowly avoiding the obstacles along the way – seals, children paddling, random tourists. From the back seat I screamed at her to slow down. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged backseat, bad, children, complaint, drivem car, driver, Evan Davies, Hebrides, mobile, phone, programme, questions, Radio 4, recording, seal, seaweed, sister, skid, tourist, week | Leave a comment

The lost and a linguist in Toronto (Rousse)

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Dreamaticus

TPR and my cousin N both left the shopping mall before I had a chance to put my change into my purse and gather my bags. When I eventually followed them out into the Toronto streets I could no longer … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged apartment, bus, bus stop, change, foot, friend, holiday-maker, linguist, lost, mall, menu, mobile, phone, purse, seafood, shopping, Spanish, street, Toronto, TPR, transport, walk | Leave a comment

A flying visit to Nine Mile Burn (Rousse)

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Dreamaticus

JM gave me very little time to consider the sense of his suggestion. ‘Just hold my hand tight, and everything will be fine’ he instructed. Then we jumped the twenty feet from the balcony into the school hall below. JM … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged balcony, car, company, feet, flat, float, fly, gathering, gravel, hall, hand, hillside, house, jump, mobile, momentum, Nine Mile Burn, party, phone, Pitlochry, rental, school, shadow, sunshine, surface, touch down, TPR, tree, visit | Leave a comment

Breaking bad in Edinburgh (Rousse)

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I finally gave into Jesse Pinkman’s pleading, picked up the silver automatic Volvo at Picardy Place, and accepted the stolen mobile phone. We would cook with Badger in an empty house off Pilrig Street. For the time being it was … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged badger, Breaking bad, business, drug, Edinburgh, hide, illegal, Jesse Pinkman, mobile, partnership, phone, Picardy Place, Pilrig Street, secret, TPR, trade, trip, Volvo | Leave a comment

A missed meeting in Smeaton (Rousse)

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I remembered that I had agreed to catch up with LM at 4:30pm, but I had forgotten to check the venue of our meeting. I was shocked when I saw in her Facebook message that we were to meet in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1980s, cancel, cassette, clod, forget, health, landline, meeting, miss, mobile, phone, primitive, shrub, Smeaton, soil, tape, telephone, venue, voicemail, worry | Leave a comment

Cancer patient makes an early, and ill-advised, return to work (Rousse)

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Dreamaticus

LM was shocked to see me in the corridor on campus. ‘Whatever are you doing here?’ she shouted. ‘You’ve got cancer. Go back home to your sickbay!’ My own opinion was that I was fit to work. Then I tried … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged belongings, blue, campus, children, chocolates, collect, corridor, early, elevator, green, hand-knitted, ill-advised, job, jumper, lift, lose, mobile, office, office-mate, paternoster, patient, phone, reception, return, shock, sickbay, sticker, surplus, sweets, work, yellow | Leave a comment