Tag Archives: save

A failed escape from a crime scene (Rousse)

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Dreamaticus

We were staying in a beautiful tall detached house that was second from the end of a row of similar buildings squashed together in a densely populated part of the city. If you glanced up at the skylight over the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged alarm, bed, burglar, bus, crime, danger, deck, escape, face, fail, fingers, hand, house, ladder, Malaysian, man, mortal, noise, palm, rooftop, save, scene, silent, skylight, step, top, TPR, warning, window, woman, youth | Leave a comment

Richard Beckinsale offers protection against death eaters (Rousse)

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Dreamaticus

KA rejected all of our holiday destination suggestions. The resort was too big/small, the beach too crowded/quiet, the weather too warm/cool. This was too much for us all. How could anyone else book their own holidays if they were dependent … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brick, death, death eater, destination, eater, ghost, holiday, protection, Richard Beckinsale, save | Leave a comment

Danish avant garde drama disappoints Manchester audiences (Rousse)

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Dreamaticus

We’d heard that the play was set in a railway carriage so TPR thought that the best place to sit would be the back of the stage. KA and I soon put him right, arguing that we didn’t want to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged action, actors, audience, avant garde, back, carriage, dance, Danish, daughter, drama, enormous, man, Manchester, move, play, production, railway, refuse, save, seat, set, sit, space, stage, switch, theatre, TPR, vacate | Leave a comment

Mountain rescue (Rousse)

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Dreamaticus

P sat up in the single bed next to mine and complained of a hangover. He was moody enough at the best of times so I wasn’t prepared to hang around to see how he would behave with a sore … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bed, black, blind, cliff, cliff-top, cycle, escape, estate, freezing, hangover, head, hill, hills, hostel, housing, jacket, lawn, moorland, mountain, outcrop, path, paths, phone, rescue, rock, rough, run, save, sea, sight, single, top, walker, waves, wife | Leave a comment

Papier-mâché craft and careers advice on the Morningside Road (Rousse)

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Dreamaticus

The young lad on Morningside Road was disposing of goods from his school in charity shops. I called him back when I saw him cross the road carrying the large yellow papier-mâché lolly pop decorated with the words ‘To Daddy … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged advice, amibition, architecture, art, boy, careers, charity, colleague, craft, daddy, daughter, disabled, Edinburgh, Emma, lolly, mathematics, maths, Morningside, Morningside Road, Papier-mâché, pop, road, save, school, shop, shops, yellow | Leave a comment

Secret sex with students (Rousse)

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Dreamaticus

X wanted to move to the same Californian seaside town where I had settled. The first job he took there was as a waiter, but he had an eye on something more exciting – teaching watersports to children. I tried … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged breakfast, California, car park, cereal, cereals, children, clothing, dress, dresses, food, forget, free, job, money, muesli, order, save, sea, seaside, secret, sex, shore, sleep, student, students, summer, TPR, waiter, watersports | Leave a comment

When a game leads to a mountain rescue (Rousse)

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Dreamaticus

NP had taken up a new sport. It didn’t have a name, but involved standing on mountain ledges and batting random items into the air. I nearly fell off the mountain the day that SF, TPR and I joined in … Continue reading →

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How to save money when dining out in Kendal (Rousse)

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I moved to Kendal. At first we thought it would only be a short stay, but we took the decision to retire to the town, largely because its hilly streets would keep us fit. To save money we … Continue reading →

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How to save a marriage: Rousse gets desperate

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Dreamaticus

TPR thought that he was making everything quite clear to me. He explained that although we were no longer a couple, he was perfectly happy for us to spend time together. I got the impression that he thought that he … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged couple, fitness, husband, marriage, older, parents, partner, save, TPR, wife | Leave a comment

Badger cull targets head north of the border to attack household pets (Rousse)

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Something yellow and blue was peeping out of the undergrowth in our back garden. Was it a parrot? Yes, a parrot, in Edinburgh, at the tail end of summer! I ran to the kitchen to grab the camera only to … Continue reading →

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