Tag Archives: rail

Thieving pair steal BMW and wads of cash (Rousse)

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I started our journey on the open air rail system. Seated on the tiny trolley side-by-side we travelled at over 100 miles per hour along the track clutching our small stack of belongings (but not the soap bag, … Continue reading →

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Recycled train carriages make for a bumpy ride (Rousse)

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Dreamaticus

LK and I were charged with drawing a solar system of planets to represent the different sizes of the groups of actors covered in our research. JS would come along later to check our work. It was a tricky job … Continue reading →

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An Edinburgh colony house visit (Rousse)

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Dreamaticus

I met LK sitting on the narrow pavement outside her colony house on Easter Road. She wanted to show me her garden so we left her two daughters by the roadside and I followed her through the main door of … Continue reading →

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Seventeenth century speech in the modern era (Rousse)

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Although fun to begin with, it eventually became rather tedious to keep up conversation in seventeenth century speak, especially for anachronistic tasks such as booking rail tickets.

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Government treats UK rail infrastructure “like toy train set” (Rousse)

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Dreamaticus

No wonder the railway system was in such disarray. Every time that a train needed to switch tracks, a team of men was called to lift the long lumps of metal into place by hand. The government was treating its … Continue reading →

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David Tennant dons disguise for Dr Who day visits (Rousse)

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Dreamaticus

The timelord had landed. I knew this because I heard a clatter of footsteps as the Doctor and his crew descended the steps to our basement flat. David Tennant had made some effort to disguise himself by blackening his face, … Continue reading →

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A hen party goes shopping (Rousse)

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Dreamaticus

From the bus stop on York Place I travelled just two stops. Nearing my destination, the grumpy bus driver scraped the vehicle down an incredibly narrow street and pulled up next to the main of St James Centre. Here I … Continue reading →

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Rousse investigates discount rail fares and a career option on the east coast line

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I paid a super-discounted fare to travel from Edinburgh to London by train and back again. The service was so good that I made it in good time for my meeting at 11:00, and by 16:00 I was back in … Continue reading →

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Rail accident survivors use taste and texture to identify Kent (Rousse)

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I was flung from the railway carriage and landed face-down in a newly ploughed field. The taste of the mouthful of soil and its texture in my hands helped me identify the location of the accident: Kent.

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Greater demand for Borders rail links along the Tweed (Rousse)

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Dreamaticus

There was one day left of our holiday. RA mentioned that she had never been to the border towns of Berwick, Coldstream, Cornhill or Kelso so we considered a cycling route with a stop-off at my cousins’ house, or a … Continue reading →

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