Tag Archives: Scotland

A Hebridean Holy Island (Rousse)

Posted on March 4, 2019 by Dreamaticus

Holy Island was looking rather Hebridean with its towering peaks and sandy lochs. I sat at the water’s edge with JMH trying to work out whether the island had switched coastlines. Had it somehow landed on the west coast of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged card, coast, credit, crew, deck, executive, fare, ferry, Hebridean, Hebrides, Holy Island, home, journey, Lindisfarne, loch, mainland, peak, planning, receipt, sand, sandy, Scotland, ticket | Leave a comment

Disgruntled passengers make illegal leap from Lothian bus (Rousse)

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Dreamaticus

The bus took a ludicrous route. Even though most of the passengers wanted to get off at Princes Street, they were forced to endure an hour’s diversion to Heriot-Watt University first. This was because the bus did not have an … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged border collies, bus, buses, CCTV, church, crime, disgruntled, Edinburgh, garden, Heriot-Watt University, Lothian, metal, passenger, Princes Street, route, Scotland, St John's, TPR | Leave a comment

A cave holiday with a two-husband trip to Edinburgh Zoo (Rousse)

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Dreamaticus

TPR booked an unheated cave for our summer holiday in the far north of Scotland. Although compact, its floor-space was still greater than our first house in Birmingham. Red curtains at the ‘door way’ mouth provided adequate privacy. When my … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged animal, Birmingham, cave, curtains, dog, dog-goat, Edinburgh, enclosure, entrance, escape, free, goat, holiday, house, north, peril, red, Scotland, summer, trip, unheated, visitor, zoo | Leave a comment

Doing a ton on the A9 (Rousse)

Posted on September 23, 2018 by Dreamaticus

The A9 had been closed for months for a massive road rebuilding scheme designed to attract further tourism to the highlands of Scotland. Now that the construction work was finished, every hotel along the route offered views of the beautiful … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 100 mph, A9, accelerator, ball-bearing, brake, check, construction, countryside, do a ton, doing a ton, floor, fun, high performance, highlands, hire, hotel, job, New, rebuild, recapture, road, robot, scheme, Scotland, smooth, steamroller, stop, sweep, tarmac, ton, tourism, work | Leave a comment

Introducing the London Dockland Golden Pyramid Cinema Complex and Ski Resort – and a skier in a Brian May wig (Rousse)

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Dreamaticus

KPMG had poured millions into the construction of the London Dockland Golden Pyramid Cinema Complex and Ski Resort. The first time that I visited it I was convinced that I spotted my school friend KC with her husband and two … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alps, Brian May, children, cinema, companion, complex, construction, crowd, curly, dockland, England, fake, family, friend, golden, hair, horror, husband, KPMG, London, millions, pupil, pyramid, resort, retired, school, Scotland, ski, skier, snow, sport, teacher, wig | Leave a comment

Scottish island cycling skeleton surprise (Rousse)

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Cycling in the Scottish islands in May is always a pleasure with the lengthening summer days and low likelihood of rain. However, it is not so enjoyable when your wheels take you over a massive seaweed-covered midden where the skeletons … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bike, bone, cycle, dead, island, islander, May, midden, rain, Scotland, Scottish, seaweed, skeleton, summer, surface, tour, wheel | Leave a comment

Monkeys and kangaroos stalk the glens (Rousse)

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Dreamaticus

The monkeys and kangaroos that recently escaped from Edinburgh Zoo have colonised vast swathes of the Scottish Highlands.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Edinburgh, escape, glen, highlands, kangaroo, moneky, Scotland, Scottish, stalk, zoo | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Scotland

A Hebridean Holy Island (Rousse)

Disgruntled passengers make illegal leap from Lothian bus (Rousse)

A cave holiday with a two-husband trip to Edinburgh Zoo (Rousse)

Doing a ton on the A9 (Rousse)

Introducing the London Dockland Golden Pyramid Cinema Complex and Ski Resort – and a skier in a Brian May wig (Rousse)

Scottish island cycling skeleton surprise (Rousse)

Monkeys and kangaroos stalk the glens (Rousse)

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