Tag Archives: race

Biking through Oxford with a purpose (Rousse)

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I raced on my bike through the colleges of Oxford determined to catch up with TPR. I had two important things to tell him: I knew about all his affairs (including the recent one with MNX) and that he’d only … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged affair, bike, college, cycle, friend, Guardian, horse, leave, Oxford, race, races, school, sick, sleep, TPR, women, York | Leave a comment

Human horse travels uncomfortably across the Atlantic (Rousse)

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Normally a seat in the second row on a transatlantic flight would mean plenty of leg room – perhaps even a bed – but not on this service. I was sitting directly behind a mother and a baby, both of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged aeroplane, airplane, Atlantic, baby, bed, cock-pit, competitor, cramped, curtain, Edinburgh, flat, flight, harness, horse, human, husband, leg, mother, muslin, passenger, pilot, plane, Portobello, race, room, seat, service, TPR, travel, white, woman | Leave a comment

Race to rescue earthquake victim in northern Russia (Rousse)

Posted on January 14, 2018 by Dreamaticus

When the earthquake struck in the Russian far north TPR was standing directly on the fault line above a seam of white marble. He fell several thousand feet into the enormous crevice. I was sure that I would never see … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged crevice, earth, earthquake, fat, fault, find, line, marble, north, race, rescue, reserve, Russia, seam, survive, survivor, text, TPR, white | Leave a comment

An athletic library user (Rousse)

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I burst through the main door almost taking out RR (who had just returned from a trip by train) and offered to carry his newspaper upstairs for him. While he took the lift, I charged up the the wide sweeping … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged absence, athletic, book, Edinburgh, ID, library, lift, linguistics, mahogany, newspaper, public, race, Reading, room, staircase, table, text, university, user | Leave a comment

In-law social climbers (Rousse)

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Dreamaticus

My in-laws were terrible social climbers. They forced me and my husband to enter a cycling race that – if we won – would reward us with a job placement with some posh person. (Of course, it was highly unlikely … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged climber, commentary, cycling, father-in-law, husband, in-law, job, megaphone, placement, posh, progress, race, reward, social, solo, tandem, win | Leave a comment

Simon Le Bon and Duran Duran play Birmingham University reunion

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I sat next to Simon Le Bon – and opposite Nick Rhodes and John Taylor – in a club with other former classmates following Duran Duran’s performance at our University reunion. Simon feigned attention in my tale about a friend … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 10k, bill, Birmingham, buggy, cardigan, charity, classmate, clothes, club, Duran Duran, friend, grandchild, hotel, Jane Garvey, Jimmy Page, John Taylor, needy, Nick Rhodes, performance, poor, race, reunion, silk, Simon le Bon, spot, tutor, university, Women's Hour, yellow | Leave a comment

Sea races and a student on a swing (Rousse)

Posted on November 12, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I walked all the way up the hill to the new building of the highest point of campus, then made my way up to the top floor. From there I took position at the window with everyone else to watch … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ambulance, armed, blonde, buidling, campus, conversation, crew, degree, English, forces, girl, green, inappropriate, maths, methematics, mother-in-law, normal, race, sea, student, swing, top, white, window | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: race

Biking through Oxford with a purpose (Rousse)

Human horse travels uncomfortably across the Atlantic (Rousse)

Race to rescue earthquake victim in northern Russia (Rousse)

An athletic library user (Rousse)

Simon Le Bon and Duran Duran play Birmingham University reunion

Sea races and a student on a swing (Rousse)

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