Tag Archives: sheep

A pet lamb, a Schnauzer, and a monkey (Rousse)

Posted on July 24, 2024 by Dreamaticus

TPR conceded that since our elderly long-term lodger kept us at home much of the year, we could add to our menagerie of creatures. I ordered online a white pet lamb, an overweight Schnauzer dog, and a little monkey. They … Continue reading →

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Sheep ski-ing (Rousse)

Posted on December 3, 2023 by Dreamaticus

The helicopter pilot sped us high up and over the English countryside. My favourite view was of some mountain top action. A young climber embarked on his descent by ski-ing over the woolly backs of a flock of sheep.

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David Beckham’s affair and an athletic hairy beast (Rousse)

Posted on October 26, 2023 by Dreamaticus

David Beckham and I snuggled up together in bed. We hadn’t known each other very long, and were still married to our spouses, so our relationship was a very special secret. Our game was up on the afternoon that three … Continue reading →

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An iPhone’s watery end, and a climber frozen in fright (Rousse)

Posted on April 12, 2022 by Dreamaticus

I watched in dismay as my top of the range iPhone slid out of my jacket pocket and dropped to the ground, sped down the sheep-mown grass bank all the way to the cliff end, slipped over the edge, and … Continue reading →

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Wool and sheep, sex and turkeys (Rousse)

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I were checking (a) the stream that was coursing all the way from the pond to under our bedroom window, and (b) the encroachment of teenagers on our property as they partied in the catacombs beneath the Edinburgh … Continue reading →

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Suicidal coach survival (Rousse)

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I were disappointed that two other passengers had bagged the best seats next to the coach driver. Sulkily, we sat down in the second row behind them. Twenty minutes later the driver veered off the road, rumbled the … Continue reading →

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Belle’s beautiful romance

Posted on June 18, 2018 by Dreamaticus

While attending a series of final year shows, I met a handsome young artist.  We got along so well, we agreed to spend “exactly 24 hours” together to do “come what may”. It was quickly obvious we were a perfect … Continue reading →

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Hamleys for the depressed (Rousse)

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Bored, lonely and depressed in London, I headed off to Hamleys. On the ground floor I visited the dull Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy exhibition. Then I walked up several flights of stairs with a pair of very overweight American … Continue reading →

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Late for a placement visit in Kilkenny (Rousse)

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Dreamaticus

My first placement visit in the Republic of Ireland was in Kilkenny so I took the opportunity to call in on the G family in Thomastown. There I found BG mid-morning sitting in bed in a pink nylon nightie reading … Continue reading →

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Woman bludgeons man to death in Holyrood Park (Rousse)

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Dreamaticus

LK led the three of us through Holyrood Park. I shouted after her that this was the long way, so we all turned back to take the route around the other side of the hill and loch. I had been … Continue reading →

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