Tag Archives: shopping

Rousse misses the sunrise and loses her shoes

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I woke up to Christmas Day on the Isle of Lewis. I nudged TPR awake. He’d been sleeping next to me in the driver’s seat of our motor boat: “There’s a beautiful sunrise and I’d like to photograph it from … Continue reading →

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Belle lives at the shops

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Dreamaticus

Ever since C had bought the new bike, she had always turned up on time. I was astonished to see her freewheeling to meet me outside St Chad’s Church near where I was born at exactly the time we had … Continue reading →

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Rousse abandoned at breakfast, and a new business idea

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I’d never heard of “costering” until I lost TPR to a guest house owner on the Isle of Lewis. The islanders had adopted this process of shearing seed from long grass stalks as their favourite outdoor hobby. My husband was … 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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Belle bites dog

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I was wandering around an airport/service station type shop that sold lots of flowers when I absentmindedly bit the ear off a beautifully fashioned chocolate dog. I had to confess to a man behind the till and he fashioned a … Continue reading →

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Unexpected meeting leads to football match in Prague (Belle)

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I was in an airport arrivals hall and couldn’t work out the ticketing system that enabled passengers to leave the building. I bumped into an ex, and it was the second time we had met in an arrivals hall. He … Continue reading →

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How to spend your lunch hour (Belle)

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I was in a shopping mall where every lunch-time local workers built competitive human pyramids that spun round 360 degrees. The lad on the top got stretchered down.

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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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Just another busy day for Belle

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I was on a course where I was put on a team with a 3 foot tall man. We had to work on a project for a fish finger hotel. Then I guerilla-gardened some roses in Bromley, and accidently had … Continue reading →

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A priest, a policeman and a haunted motorbike (Belle)

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I was with a priest looking at lots of sweeties in an overly-lit mall. When he laughed at the green chocolate Jeremy Fisher frog figures I knew that he wasn’t to be trusted. Then Derek Guyler was a policeman trying … Continue reading →

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