Tag Archives: racing

Running with pigs and a lobotomy (Rousse)

Posted on December 4, 2022 by Dreamaticus

The Dean reminded me that the deadline was fast approaching for the submission of grant proposals. I acknowledged his concern that it appeared that I had done nothing to bring a team together, then booked a meeting room in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged computers, Edinburgh, grant, greyhound, libraries, lobotomy, pigs, proposal, pub, racing, TPR | Leave a comment

Christmas 2020 in June 2021 (Rousse)

Posted on February 27, 2021 by Dreamaticus

Finally, six months later than anticipated, at the end of June 2021 we were permitted to host our annual Christmas party (2020). But first, I had to remove AD from the kitchen. JS, who knew exactly who he was and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2020, 2021, archaeologist, basement, British, burglar, cellar, Christmas, crecy, decoration, flat, green, kitchen, mince, mini, party, pastry, pie, quiche, racing, TPR, wall | Leave a comment

A tandem racing bike at the Balmoral Hotel (Rousse)

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I saw two athletes with a tandem racing bike on Princes Street, Edinburgh. The wheels of their steed were the same size as those on the front of a penny farthing bicycle. Just outside the Balmoral Hotel, the lycra-clad stoker … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged athlete, back, bicycle, bike, Edinburgh, feat, impossible, lycra, penny farthing, Princes Street, racing, seat, steed, stoker, tandem, wheel | Leave a comment

PhD students excel at motor cross conference (Rousse)

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Dreamaticus

My PhD students were at a conference that combined academic studies with motor cross. They had made friends with some of the practitioners with whom I’d had a lot of contact in the past, and taken to the racing track … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged academic, conference, cross, friend, motor, motor cross, motorcross, PhD, practitioner, racing, student, studies, track, wheel | Leave a comment

Getting naked with friends (Rousse)

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Dreamaticus

We all thought that GG, JG and their daughters and small son were away so I got a bit of a shock when I walked into their bathroom naked and came face-to-face with GG stepping out of the shower. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ball, bathroom, bedroom, bike, body building, boyfriend, bus, child, crawl, daughters, Friends, home, middle, naked, racing, roll, seaside, shock, shower, son, town, wobbly | Leave a comment

A rally driving experience for Rousse

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I was waiting outside Birdham St James church for the instruction to change into my wedding outfit when TPR asked me to accompany him and our brother-in-law RH to the Isle of Lewis. I jumped into the car, and before … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrea, Birdham, brakes, bride, brother-in-law, car, ceremony, church, driving, experience, groom, island, isle, jumper, Lewis, morning, Outer Hebrides, outfit, pop socks, public, racing, rain, rally, seatbelt Hebridean, skirt, St James, suit, suits, trouser suit, Uig sands, wedding, West Sussex, Western Isles, yellow | Leave a comment

Foreigner seeks bathroom refuge from summer 2012 Jubilee and Olympic Torch (Rousse) hype

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I pushed open the tiny bathroom door. Behind it stood a French student and his racing bike. I frowned at the dirty tyre marks on the white-tiled floor. “What on earth are you doing here?” I asked. “I had nowhere … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bathroom, bike, celebrations, door, foreigner, jubilee, Olympic, Olympics, racing, refuge, tile, tiled, tiles, torsch, tyre, white | Leave a comment

Birmingham University confessions, a career with moleskin trousers, and underwater cycle kayaking (Rousse)

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Dreamaticus

SB kicked off the Birmingham University French department reunion by suggesting that we read the “confessions” from last time. She actually meant the comments on the 2006 evaluation sheets, which she passed around the table. Personally I would have preferred … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged band, Birmingham University, Blackberry, blush, bouncers, call, canal, career, carousel, club, comments, confessions, cycling, cyclists, data, disco, evaluation, fairground, French, girl, green, handbag, handwriting, industrial panel, kayaking, Manor House, mobile, moleskin, moleskins, party, phone, racing, rucksack, sheets, TPR, trousers, tunnel, underwater, University of Birmingham | Leave a comment

Dial code memory bonus (Rousse)

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Dreamaticus

The family had just returned from a weekend of stock car racing in North Ormesby. It was clear that they doubted that they had anything in common with me, but I won them over with my knowledge of the STD … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 01642, car, family, Middlesbrough, North Ormesby, race, racing, STD, stock, stockcar, Teesside | Leave a comment

Elvis Costello and Libby Purves forced to share scant office space at the BBC (Rousse)

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Dreamaticus

MR and I got ahead of the others on a Sunday walk across the Pentland Hills with colleagues. Enthusing over Great British walks, MR declared how he would love to follow the Roman Wall trail from the south of England … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged BBC, bet, betting, coffin, corridor, corridors, dead, death, door, Elvis Costello, envelope, estate, filing cabinet, filing cabinets, fire, fire doors, Hadrian, Hadrian's Wall, Heathrow, horse, horses, housing, Libby Purves, M25, necklace, Northumberland, office, Pentland Hills, Pentlands, prize, race, racing, Radio 4, Roman, Roman Wall, Romans, space, stationery, stones, Sunday, surprise, theme park, treasure hunt, walk | Leave a comment