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Actor Bill Paterson is Mr Diamond selling tea at the Gorilla Arboretum (Rousse)

Posted on September 19, 2020 by Dreamaticus

RR almost smashed into two cars in the car park of the Gorilla Arboretum. He simply did not see the brown Ford Escort Mk 4 as he reversed into what he thought was a free parking space. On his second … Continue reading →

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Brian the Irish architect (Rousse)

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I knew that TPR had tired of me completely, so I was keen to line up a replacement for my husband as soon as possible. My work colleague Brian the Irish architect seemed a good candidate. Like TPR he was … Continue reading →

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Poor park keeping (Rousse)

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Dreamaticus

JS didn’t take her new job as a part-time park keeper very seriously. She took our money for half an hour on the tennis court, then bunked off to play tourist in Oxford for the rest of the afternoon.

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Volvo shame (Rousse)

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Dreamaticus

The silver Volvo was now our responsibility. TPR parked it haphazardly at the other end of our Edinburgh street, even though there were plenty of parking spaces right outside our flat. Was he ashamed of our vehicle, I wondered? I … Continue reading →

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Huge nuts in a hazel wood, and horrid pickles (Rousse)

Posted on November 18, 2019 by Dreamaticus

My sister-in-law S and her husband A had a reputation for buying ridiculous properties. Their most recent purchase was a cottage in the woods. Our first impression was of isolation and inaccessibility along a rough track through hazel trees. However, … Continue reading →

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Twin sorting in New York (Rousse)

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Dreamaticus

A large park in New York was the destination for our school reunion. I arrived by bike. My first challenge was to separate out the twins.

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Tricks when parking a car in Edinburgh (Rousse)

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I had been away from work for so long that a new boy had to show me around our office premises south of the Edinburgh city bypass. First he took me to the car park that we shared with the … Continue reading →

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Naked runner upstages singer (Rousse)

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Dreamaticus

The singer at the staff awards party was a plump woman from HR. She sang well, but the audience paid more attention to her outfit than to her voice. She wore a gold mesh mini-dress that barely covered her scarlet … Continue reading →

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Dalek Rolls Royce kidnap (Rousse)

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I remembered that I had not been able to find a large enough space to leave my white Rolls Royce in the car park next to the river. Now I had also forgotten where I had eventually left it. Nevertheless, … Continue reading →

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When your new neighbours are reality television stars (Rousse)

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Dreamaticus

The new upstairs neighbours had moved in! I was able to confirm this to TPR and DM from the bedroom window as I watched a car arrive in the new parking space behind our garden. Before long we noticed that … Continue reading →

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