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Picked up at Park Lane Four Seasons (Rousse)

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Looking ridiculous in a wide-brimmed lilac straw hat, in a gap in the traffic LC dragged me over Park Lane and we made a dash for the reception at the Four Seasons Hotel. Wet sleet was falling and mixing with … Continue reading →

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Tom Cruise manoeuvres to reach Hexham in a hurry (Rousse)

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Dreamaticus

We had to reach Hexham in a hurry. We left so quickly that there wasn’t even time to try the figs in red wine. They looked so tempting, sitting in the silver platter on the sideboard. TPR and I took … Continue reading →

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A tandem upgrade and trying twins (Rousse)

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I peered out of the car window to the left and gazed up at the faded wooden sign. In peeling red and green paint, it advertised a long defunct fishmonger. Just here, where we were now queuing in traffic, there … Continue reading →

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A sad cycling trip to Sassau (Rousse)

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Dreamaticus

We had travelled for days, and at last we reached the southern edges of Europe. It had been an adventurous voyage so far: In a medieval French square we’d caught a glimpse of a JS lookalike in a red spotted … Continue reading →

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Hobbit star turns her talents to Batman (Rousse)

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Dreamaticus

Now that the filming for The Hobbit was complete, it was time to celebrate. Co-starring as Bilbo Baggins’ best friend, I was in the thick of the action both on and off-stage. However, we all knew that the real star … Continue reading →

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Daring Danish rescue attempt ends with death (Rousse)

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I’d only met C in real life once before. Since our brief encounter earlier in the year all our recent contact had been online, where C’s alias was A. He’d agreed to pass on some photography hints to TPR so … Continue reading →

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Dress designer Rousse finds her model

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Dreamaticus

KT was delighted to try on the latest outfit from my new collection: a cream dress teamed with a wide red patent leather belt and matching court shoes. She ran over to the promenade and posed for photos, quite the … Continue reading →

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Harry the photographer prince (Rousse)

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Dreamaticus

What a coincidence to spot Prince Harry twice in the same day! First of all I ended up just a couple of rows away from him in the stand at the Olympics reprise show. Here television footage from London 2012 … Continue reading →

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A tempting job prospect (Rousse)

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I bumped into VJ all decked out in a pink and red floaty dress and leggings ensemble on Colinton Road. “Are you happy in your job?” she asked. “It’s just that I’ve seen something right up your street within the … Continue reading →

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The naughty teenager’s tattoo (Rousse)

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Dreamaticus

My niece AF and her friend HH returned home from a shopping trip to celebrate A’s sixteenth birthday. When they confessed that they had spent the whole afternoon in a tattoo parlour on Edinburgh’s Cockburn Street we feared the worst. … Continue reading →

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