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Tag Archives: ship
Hairy Belle joins the FBI
I was transported on a massive ship and was met in ‘New York Harbour’ by my new FBI colleagues. In a gushing attempt to impress them I announced that my arms were completely hair-free. The agents challenged me to “prove … Continue reading
Vikings ahoy! (Rousse)
As we drove north, from my seat at the front of the coach I could see in the sea loch a fleet of Viking longboats with the most beautiful decorated sails. I called to all the passengers behind me ‘Quick! … Continue reading
Viking ship spotted off the Isle of Lewis (Rousse)
On a far northern shore of the Isle of Lewis the locals built a snowman – the size of a house. They saved it from melting over the summer months by topping it up with ice from their domestic freezers. … Continue reading
Bigamist escapes to Africa on the cruise ship Botswana (Rousse)
I was a bigamist five times over and now feared detection. So, dressed in a white sailor’s uniform complete with brass buttons, I escaped the police by boarding the cruise ship Botswana in Ullapool harbour. I looked forward to completing … Continue reading
Academic is owner of magnificent mansion on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne (Rousse)
I knew that it was unconventional to take one’s sibling to a school management meeting, but now that mine worked at the University (albeit in a different department), I thought that I would get away with it. SS glanced over … Continue reading
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Tagged academic, admire, art, black, blue, briar, bush, causeway, children, door, gate-crash, glorious, Holy Island, house, interior, lecturer, life sciences, Lindisfarne, magnificent, management, mansion, meeting, mother, name, north, Northumberland, notes, paintwork, panel, path, peel, pharmacology, photo, plan, red, rich, school, scrap book, scribble, sea, sell, ship, sibling, sky, stop, text, tide, TPR, university, upkeep, view, water, wood
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Spaceship flies over Edinburgh and pensioners enjoy the Paris nightwear walk Pierrot-style (Rousse)
I was running very late when I bumped into MT near the Pleasance. I hadn’t seen him for over thirty years and had no idea that he was now working at the University of Edinburgh. I thought he was still … Continue reading
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Tagged air conditioning, capital, cardigan, computer, conference, currency, date, dinner, Edinburgh, France, hall, hearse, Montmartre, New Zealand, nightwear, older man, Paris, peers, pensioners, Pleasance, restaurant, ruby, rucksack, science, seminar, session, ship, space, Spaceship, tweet, University of Edinburgh, walk
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To Australia by sea with an unlimited baggage allowance (Rousse)
It was so frustrating to find that both my meetings with the Scottish Government and Skills Development Scotland were cancelled. What made it worse was only discovering this news on arrival at the offices: first at Saughton House, and then … Continue reading
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Tagged allowance, Australia, baggage, black, boot, boots, cancel, collection, Corstorphine, cut-offs, meeting, meetings, office, pack, packing, plastic, pony, Saughton House, Scottish Government, sea, ship, Skills Development Scotland, skin, travel, unlimited, white
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Harry Potter tattoos: the only clue to “Pedro’s” past (Rousse)
I lost TPR during the final stage of the long journey to the US aboard an ocean liner. Occasionally I would spot him in the distance across deck, usually driving one of the small open cars used for deliveries by … Continue reading
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Tagged America, authenticity, baby, body art, boot, car, cars, child, clue, companion, complexion, confront, deck, deliveries, delivery, disguise, driver, Edinburgh, family, George Heriot's School, Harry Potter, hide, Hogwarts, illegal, image, immigrant, JK Rowling, journey, labour, Latin, liner, lose, lost, Mexican, moustache, muscle, ocean, past, Pedro, questions, Scotland, seat, ship, silver, skinny, staff, tan, tattoo, tattoos, trap, US
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Hot pants hottie goes cruising (Belle)
After what seemed an interminable bus journey (Croydon via Merseyside was quite a diversion), I eventually arrived port-side. My handsome and mysterious companion took my hand and we went up the gangplank. We went further down into the ship. Everyone … Continue reading
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Tagged boots, Croydon, cruise, Dr Martens, gangplank, hot pants, Liverpool, mirror, ship
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Shipping innovation combats the effects of global warming in the North West Passage (Rousse)
Global warming meant that the North West Passage was running dry. Our ship soon hit the rocky, waterless gorge, yet miraculously it managed to plough on. When I asked how this was possible, the captain explained that all modern ships … Continue reading
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Tagged captain, climate change, dry, global warming, gorge, North West Passage, recycle, rocks, ship, shipping, ships, supplies, water
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