Tag Archives: Shetland

Mother returns from the dead to interfere in household tasks (Rousse)

Posted on November 27, 2025 by Dreamaticus

My (deceased) mother accidentally loaded the tumble dryer with a pile of dirty laundry and a cup of soap powder. Before she switched it on, I retrieved all the clothes and carried them in a bundle to Corbridge. On the … Continue reading →

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Travel to Shetland by helicopter (Rousse)

Posted on September 5, 2025 by Dreamaticus

The twin who worked at the gym, and her sister who was a student at Queen Margaret University, organised the holiday in Shetland. TPR and I volunteered to fly there by helicopter. At the time we were unaware that this … Continue reading →

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Living in two parallel dimensions (Rousse)

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Dreamaticus

TPR was upset that I had chosen to sit next to HVJ rather than him on the tiny plane to Shetland. ‘That’s because I was thinking of our guest’, I argued. HVJ was confused when she saw that the streets … Continue reading →

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Sea shells, puppies, and religious services on Shetland (Rousse)

Posted on March 14, 2025 by Dreamaticus

We caught the ‘ferry service’ to the remote island off the Shetland mainland. Open to the elements, the tiny wooden boat only carried around ten passengers. TPR rushed off to secure our accommodation once we reached the shore. Meanwhile I … Continue reading →

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Just another divorce day casualty (Rousse)

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Dreamaticus

TPR spent Christmas in the far north of the Shetland Islands, miles away from me and the rest of the family. The evidence was there a parish magazine: a photograph of TPR seated next to a vicar at Christmas dinner … Continue reading →

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A city sacking with knitwear (Rousse)

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Dreamaticus

We’d been enjoying a fun weekend with IS in front of the television replaying videos of our previous visit in 2006 when the door burst open and work security staff arrested our host. When we looked around we saw that … Continue reading →

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A visit to the Indigo bed and breakfast (Rousse)

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Dreamaticus

The Indigo bed and breakfast was in Cunningsburgh, Shetland. TPR had dumped the bike elsewhere so we caught the bus to the village. Once again I was astonished at the reach of service of Lothian Buses. We asked for directions … Continue reading →

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Melvyn Bragg’s editor, boasts about the Sound of Music, and other distractions keep Rousse away from class

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Dreamaticus

Now that it was December I no longer objected to the Christmas displays in the shops. I was even becoming more tolerant of the members of the sect who queued up every day in their drab black uniforms for the … Continue reading →

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Home extension adds to work worries (Rousse)

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Dreamaticus

We had just moved into the restored blackhouse located to the rear of the garden at the back of our flat. My first task was to chase the swarm of five bees around the sitting room and kitchen and out … Continue reading →

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Cute Shetland pony foals and black labrador puppies (Rousse)

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Dreamaticus

This was the best garden fête ever, with a huge area roped off for petting Shetland pony foals! Things got a bit messy later when the ponies transformed into thousands of undisciplined slobbery black labrador puppies, all competing for attention.

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