Tag Archives: path

Finding baby (Rousse)

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I was becoming increasingly frustrated with my school friend AL who asked me to meet her with her baby, then repeatedly failed to turn up at the stated venue. At last one evening at 8:45pm we found one another on … Continue reading →

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A pointless trip to Aberdeen (Rousse)

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Dreamaticus

TPR tugged me across the motorway – straight into the path of four lanes of speeding traffic. We managed to avoid death at the wheels of vehicles driven by angry fist-shaking drivers. Then we heard the police sirens. Were they … Continue reading →

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A top quality charity shop in Leith (Rousse)

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Dreamaticus

We’d never before noticed this charity shop next to the Leith cycle path. The window display of 1970s ballgowns tempted us in. The clothes for sale were more ‘vintage’ than second-hand, and the knick knacks genuine antiques. While TPR picked … Continue reading →

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Deadly dressmaker on the loose (Rousse)

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Dreamaticus

There was a deadly dressmaker on the loose and I was in big trouble. This was not because I was a likely victim. Rather, in the past I had been seen running the cycle paths of Leith with the notorious … Continue reading →

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Dangerous Borders river walk (Rousse)

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I could have visited the M family when I was at the conference in Paris, but instead I decided to go out for a walk with some of the other delegates. These included two retired nurses, one of whom know … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh Player-Slayer peril (Rousse)

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Dreamaticus

The Player-Slayer was on the loose in south Edinburgh. Runners were warned to be vigilant on the cycle path that connected the Craiglockhart and Merchiston campuses of Edinburgh Napier University. I ensured that I was accompanied whenever I ran this … Continue reading →

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Smoking menthol cigarettes to lose weight (Rousse)

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Dreamaticus

As was the tradition, my colleagues were in Glasgow staffing the National Museum of Scotland on 2nd January so that the museum staff could take an extra day off. Already there was trouble at the entrance. One of my colleagues … Continue reading →

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Mountain rescue (Rousse)

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Dreamaticus

P sat up in the single bed next to mine and complained of a hangover. He was moody enough at the best of times so I wasn’t prepared to hang around to see how he would behave with a sore … Continue reading →

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Unkind husband forces wife to travel on car roof (Rousse)

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Although TPR and I now lived apart, we continued to take holidays together. However, there was still something seriously wrong with our relationship. Each evening we travelled into town for supper. While TPR sat inside the car to drive, he … Continue reading →

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Scottish surveillance spooks out in force in Leith (Rousse)

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Leith had changed. The streets were lined with beautiful boutiques. Even the charity shops were posh. There were also hundreds of cyclists riding through this smart Edinburgh suburb, proud of their achievement of completing the entire route of the Edinburgh … Continue reading →

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