Tag Archives: run

A lost white Volvo, a 10K race, and a needy husband (Rousse)

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Dreamaticus

My sisters argued that my mother’s white Volvo would look good in her care home car park. I refused to move it there. In any case, I had no idea where it was. I also had other things on my … Continue reading →

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Teenage behaviour amongst the middle aged (Rousse)

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Two middle aged men called over to us from the other side of East Claremont Street, Edinburgh. ECM and I didn’t immediately recognise them as ST and PN. However, as soon as we did, we were transported back to our … Continue reading →

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Yoga versus Radio 1’s dance fitness (Rousse)

Posted on September 17, 2024 by Dreamaticus

It was 11:45 when I remembered that I was booked into a yoga class at 12:00. I ran all the way to the gym in the vain hope of reaching the studio in time. Alas, I was too late to … Continue reading →

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Escapees from the Gaelic choir discover a ‘horny’ Victorian (Rousse)

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Dreamaticus

VJ and I made our escape from the Gaelic concert at Edinburgh airport and ran along the cycle path in the direction of Duddingston Loch. To make the race fairer, I agreed not to use my arms. This soon gave … Continue reading →

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When ‘going for a run’ means a different form of exercise (Rousse)

Posted on November 14, 2022 by Dreamaticus

I was heart-broken when I discovered that whenever my husband left the house declaring  ‘I’m going for a run’, he was really off to spend the afternoon in one of two love-nests – either with SS or LP.

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Escape from the giant drag queen monster (Rousse)

Posted on May 2, 2021 by Dreamaticus

TPR scooped me up into his arms to carry me and run for our lives. Eventually there was sufficient distance between us and the monster: an eight foot, heavily made up, bald, drag queen with red flashing eyes primed to … Continue reading →

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Errant husband proves sex diet builds muscles and attracts women (Rousse)

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Dreamaticus

A sly grin spread across TPR’s face. Keen to learn the source of his amusement, I leant over the kitchen table and snatched the iPad from his hands. My heart sank when I saw the x-rated message on the screen. … Continue reading →

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Hotel free late check-out hack (Rousse)

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Dreamaticus

Dressed in a long white towel, I told the reception staff at the gym attached to the Jury’s Inn that if the hotel staff would not permit a late check-out, I would threaten to run naked through the hotel corridors. … Continue reading →

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Death by double knitting (Rousse)

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Dreamaticus

The members of my old running group were gathering in the gym. When I spotted the SEB joking with them I found it it very difficult to resist the urge to strangle her with a length of purple double knitting … Continue reading →

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Sunny South Shields shelters skiers (Rousse)

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Dreamaticus

We were travelling to our Alpine ski holiday on an early morning flight from Newcastle airport – as, it would appear, was half the population of the north east of England. All the airport hotels were fully booked, so we … Continue reading →

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