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Tag Archives: police
Front half Volvo dumping (Rousse)
We shouldn’t have invited our posh friends round for drinks in our yard when pandemic restrictions were still in force. Ignoring all the rules, they decided to stay overnight inside our flat afterwards. In the morning I found a bunch … Continue reading
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Tagged crime, drinks, dump, Land Rover, pandemic, police, student, university, Volvo
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Speeding in Stockton-on-Tees (Rousse)
TPR drove at top speed along Bishopton Avenue, then continued straight on at the junction with Bishopton Road West and into Oxbridge Avenue. What he didn’t appreciate was that since his last visit to this part of Stockton-on-Tees two decades … Continue reading
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Tagged car, crash, cul de sac, drunk, police, speeding, Stockton-on-Tees, TPR, wine
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David Tennant and the global success of mini-Yorkshire puddings (Belle)
I left the flat I shared with David Tennant to travel to the funeral. I had a police escort. Later I started to distribute miniature Yorkshire puddings out of a bread crate, leaving them outside the front doors of youth … Continue reading
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Tagged David Tennant, funeral, police, Spain, tourists, Yorkshire, Yorkshire pudding, youth hostel
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Detective David Tennant distracted by kittens (Belle)
We were trying to watch a film in an open space in the motel/conference centre but were interrupted by the foul-mouthed language of two lads pushing prams down the corridor. Sensing trouble I followed them and (spying through their keyhole) … Continue reading
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Tagged David Tennant, detective, keyhole, kitten, movie, police, pram, tricycle, walled garden
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A murderer on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne (Rousse)
We had a couple of hours to spare so crossed the causeway to Holy Island. In the distance on the headland we saw JS. We called ‘Broken bone!’ at her and she responded with a wave and a smile. When … Continue reading
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Tagged bone, headland, Holy Island, Lindisfarne, LJ Ross, man, mother, murder, police, sister, spiral, staircase, woman
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Terrorist YouTube treat on campus (Rousse)
Following the previous year’s success, I invited my colleagues at Scottish Enterprise back on campus for a week. This time, however, they treated their visit as a jolly, crowding around my computer singing along to karaoke videos on YouTube. As … Continue reading
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Tagged auditorium, breed, campus, colleague, computer, dog, jacket, karaoke, Kevlar, knee, labrador, meeting, police, Scottish Enterprise, terrorist, visitor, YouTube
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A French post office heist (Belle)
I recognised most of the gang members in a vague way. I definitely recognised François Cluzet and I decided another chap had been in Amélie. I watched as they planned the post office heist, but also as the police and … Continue reading
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Tagged cupboard, franc note, heist, letters, police, pork, Post Office, robbery
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Dogs days with Sir Sean Connery (Rousse)
Mine was one of the first families drafted to perform anti-terrorist service. We lined up inside a long plastic tent at the junction of Queen Street and North St David Street in Edinburgh, following the instructions of the police to … Continue reading
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Tagged cabin, claustrophobia, dog, Edinburgh, family, log, police, punishment, remote, Sean Connery, terrorist, volunteer
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Motoring misdemeanours in a silver Volvo automatic (Rousse)
When I awoke I found myself at the wheel of my mother’s silver Volvo automatic heading downhill at top speed along a high-hedged, narrow country lane. I bounced across the roundabout at the bottom, lost a wheel, and landed the … Continue reading
