Tag Archives: Scotland

Polar bears take up residence on Scottish coast (Rousse)

Posted on March 19, 2022 by Dreamaticus

As well as the occasional whale, it was now possible to watch polar bear families resident on mini icebergs, just off the East Lothian coast (Scotland).

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London to Oxford and Oxford to Edinburgh by train (Rousse)

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Dreamaticus

It really was too much to ask my 81 year-old mother to walk all the way from London to Edinburgh, so I suggested that we cut a few miles off the route by taking the train to Oxford. In the … Continue reading →

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Holy Island pre-death giveaway (Rousse)

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Dreamaticus

Several of my former colleagues flocked to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne to attend AT’s pre-death giveaway. The ceremony was rather like the reading of a will, except that AT was still alive and you took away your booty on … Continue reading →

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Giving up on Argyll (Rousse)

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I loved the beautiful arts and crafts house in Argyll that I shared with my parents and husband, so I was devastated when my father announced that he had had enough of the poor road links and isolation and would … Continue reading →

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Tipping taxi drivers in Greece (Rousse)

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Dreamaticus

It was very convenient to live in Scotland when Greece was just a short taxi ride away. The only difficulty was knowing how much to tip the driver.

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Dreamers reunite in London love nest (Rousse)

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Dreamaticus

Several academics associated with the EPSRC’s Digital Economy theme were milling around Heathrow airport, including JB, MC, and PE (who happened to have recently appointed one of my PhD graduates in a Research Fellow role). They all greeted me on … Continue reading →

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Scottish Highland secret 1920s house and garden (Rousse)

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Dreamaticus

The huge house in the Scottish Highlands was hidden under fifty years growth of vegetation. To anyone passing it was just an ancient ruin invaded by rampant weeds. But I had a feeling that I had been here before. Wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Coach plunges into Scottish loch, many feared drowned (Rousse)

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Dreamaticus

As the coach left the outskirts of Glasgow, I tested the reclining bed that I had discovered next to the window. It was very versatile, with several options for its positioning. The traffic had thinned out by the time we … Continue reading →

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Scottish hurricane transport (Rousse)

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Dreamaticus

One minute I was watching the rain lash against a top bedroom window of a guest house on the Isle of Lewis. The next I was whipped up from my seat by the force of the hurricane and transported to … Continue reading →

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Chinese tour of Scotland (Rousse)

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Dreamaticus

We had been ‘volunteered’ to take a Chinese man and his elderly mother on a tour of the Scottish highlands. The ‘elderly mother’ seemed rather childish to me, stuffing herself with sweets in the front passenger seat of the car. … Continue reading →

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