Tag Archives: mountain

A mountain ban (Rousse)

Posted on March 12, 2023 by Dreamaticus

On holiday in the far north of Scotland, I joined a walking group. Each day the leader took us a different route across the moorland, up the mountains, and along the beaches. It was wonderful. One morning we climbed a … Continue reading →

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On the town with Mark Kermode (Belle)

Posted on March 22, 2022 by Dreamaticus

Our large group left the nightclub and wandered down the strange high street, only to see an old-school Routemaster bus coming over the hill. We ran excitedly to board our night-bus. I knew we needed to change to another bus, … Continue reading →

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Mountain adventure delays audience member (Rousse)

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Dreamaticus

There were two routes down the mountain. One was a winding, rocky path. The other was more of a short cut across a steep boulder field. I decided to take my chances with the latter. After just a few paces … Continue reading →

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Trapped in a Glasgow museum (Rousse)

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Dreamaticus

The starting point for access to the path up the mountain was under a door of a Glasgow museum. From here you accessed a tunnel. This eventually emerged in the open air on a steep mountain track. I had forgotten … Continue reading →

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Lost cycle panniers, and Japanese water tanks (Rousse)

Posted on November 22, 2019 by Dreamaticus

How would I admit to TPR that I had lost both of my fully-packed cycle panniers, one of which included our soap bag? I had no idea where I had left them along my solo route in the Scottish borders. … Continue reading →

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Fighting Fatty in a field (Rousse)

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Dreamaticus

One minute I was sleeping on a bean bag in a departure lounge of Schiphol airport next to LE and GE. It was so comfortable, but how had we managed to make travel arrangements that required an overnight stay in … Continue reading →

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Missing the ‘mont’ in Montreal (Rousse)

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Dreamaticus

The plane overheard sounded like it was in trouble. It was flying so low that we could all see that it was a transatlantic EasyJet service coming into the city. We predicted correctly that it would smash into the mountain. … Continue reading →

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Spectacular mountain bike accident at Corbridge (Rousse)

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Dreamaticus

KA tore past me on her mountain bike, then shattered into a thousand tiny pieces when she hit the rocks on shore of the River Tyne under the bridge at Corbridge.

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Killer whales but no camera on powerboat trip to the islands (Rousse)

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I boarded the ferry dressed only in a thin sheet, having been forced to leave all my belongings – including my clothes and glasses – with our hosts at the the shoreline. The ride across the inlet was short and … Continue reading →

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Careers in Finland (Rousse)

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Dreamaticus

TPR, OC and I had been in Finland so long that the snow had returned to the mountains across the bay. OC had travelled here initially in hope of joining the music industry as accountant for a major record label. … Continue reading →

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