Tag Archives: sea

Selling tickets at the Fringe, and shooting woodcock in the Borders (Rousse)

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Dreamaticus

Kev F Sutherland was our new boss. For our first task we set up a stall in the Pleasance Yard and prepared to sell as many tickets as we could for that night’s performance by the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet … Continue reading →

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Noël Coward’s sick sense of humour and fridges full of carcasses (Rousse)

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Dreamaticus

The faster runners soon pulled away from me and in a short time a significant gap developed between us. At least I was managing to keep everyone else in sight. Fortunately for them, the others reached Royal Terrace before the … Continue reading →

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A stone age date with Ruaridh Aldridge (Rousse)

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I spent the eve of my stone age adventure in Reading. MP and his wife A hosted my visit in their large, modern house. No longer a family home, it was still littered with evidence of the departed children. I … Continue reading →

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Rousse the stowaway to star in Channel 4 reality show

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Dreamaticus

£12 was an absolute bargain for two freshly landed salmon, especially when the fishmonger offered to gut them free of charge. On the way home we picked up the frozen peas that I had left in the pub car park … Continue reading →

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Rousse astounded by Edinburgh taxi fares, abducted colleagues and brown jelly fish

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Dreamaticus

We ended up in the lobby of the Scotsman Hotel on North Bridge in Edinburgh. The journey taken earlier to collect a couple of documents from my office was less than half a mile, so I guessed that the five … Continue reading →

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Dr Who rescues Rousse

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Dreamaticus

Life as the assistant (and wife) of a time lord was exhausting. In our latest adventure Dr Who (my husband) and I hid from the “evil one” behind filing cabinets stored in an attic barn by the seaside. It felt … Continue reading →

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Stephen Fry and other uninvited guests (Rousse)

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Dreamaticus

At JG’s insistence, RA reluctantly drove him, and my other undergraduate friends from Birmingham University AR and PS (the boy with the beautiful eyes), to meet us. The journey from the Isle of Man took them 6 hours, and they … Continue reading →

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The sea air is not so healthy (Belle)

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I lived by the seaside. There was a contagious zombie disease that turned victims into orange wig-wearing clowns. I was not affected.

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A good deed rewarded by a purchase (Belle)

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I ran out of a cave in a Cornish cove and helped to hide Cavalier children in cupboards under sinks. Then I bought a handbag in a warehouse sale.

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Belle meets her ideal man

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I met a fabulous man. He was scuba-diving football coach. He lived near a blue bay with lovely fine sand.

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