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Find a man in 2016 (Rousse)

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Dreamaticus

I couldn’t face another year of being single. My New Year resolution was to find a man. This time I would avoid anyone in the hospitality industry. My last boyfriend – though a chef of world renown – made a … Continue reading →

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A hunt for Christopher Biggins near the offices of Forth FM (Rousse)

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Dreamaticus

We cycled round and round the Leith roundabout, two of us sharing the bike. We discussed the dilemmas of parenthood for the single woman. For example, it is better to foster then adopt? Or should one return the fostered children … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged adopt, bike, children, Christopher Biggins, circle, cycle, deceit, Edinburgh, family, Forth FM, foster, home, hope, Leith, loving, man, marry, office, parent, parenthood, roundabout, share, single, social services, street, techies, woman | Leave a comment

Hebridean pursuits: cycling, flying, and wildlife (Rousse)

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Dreamaticus

We met the French cyclists when they came off the North Uist ferry. Exhausted and soaked, they were not happy tourists. We agreed that the Hebridean weather was not the easiest and, as illustration, I demonstrated how I could launch … Continue reading →

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Unsatisfactory hotel accommodation and Bobby the dog ‘saved’ (Rousse)

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I travelled to the Isle of Lewis for SG’s sister’s birthday party. When we arrived RG was busy installing pebble-proof windows. This was because unhappy tourists had recently taken to showing their displeasure by shattering the most accessible … Continue reading →

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The secret night visitor (Rousse)

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Dreamaticus

The H family bought a white 1970s house in a small close not far from our bedsit. I preferred their place over ours: there was so much more space. So I would regularly sneak into their sitting room late at … Continue reading →

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Mountain rescue (Rousse)

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Dreamaticus

P sat up in the single bed next to mine and complained of a hangover. He was moody enough at the best of times so I wasn’t prepared to hang around to see how he would behave with a sore … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bed, black, blind, cliff, cliff-top, cycle, escape, estate, freezing, hangover, head, hill, hills, hostel, housing, jacket, lawn, moorland, mountain, outcrop, path, paths, phone, rescue, rock, rough, run, save, sea, sight, single, top, walker, waves, wife | Leave a comment

A party castle and six in a bed (Rousse)

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Dreamaticus

We’d been sharing our big double bed with four PhD students for some time when one day I found a gift bag on my pillow. Inside there was a bottle of wine and a card. The present was from F’s … Continue reading →

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How to avoid predatory women (Rousse)

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Dreamaticus

The holiday was full of surprises: A walk along the cliffs above the beautiful beaches of the Isle of Lewis A huge dinner at the guest house with DE A dash through a deserted Waverley Station with JM A tea … Continue reading →

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A log cabin date on the Isle of Skye (Rousse)

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I left my MacBook Air under my desk at the British Library and chased across the reading room to intercept the young man in a navy blue suit who was carrying a briefcase. “Nick!” I shouted. He spun round and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged air, alone, blue, booking, briefcase, British Library, cabin, costs, date, desk, dinner, economy, fail, fair, false, friend, group, hair, island, Isle of Skye, leader, log, Lynn, MacBook, man, mobile, name, navy, night, number, numbers, party, phone, Queen Victoria, Reading, room, science, shed, single, straight, suit, toothless, Victorian, wooden | Leave a comment

M is for Manchester (Rousse)

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Dreamaticus

At the meeting in Manchester B outlined a range of duties that I had not before realised were part of my role’s remit. He explained that these were bound to increase as he loosened his connection with work to explore … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged acetate, advantage, building, city, contractor, display, door, duties, enthusiasm, hills, London, lost, MacBook Air, machine, mainline, Manchester, Manchester Polytechnic, Manchester University, marble, meeting, motorway, opportunities, other interests, panic, passwords, pavement, Peak District, place, places, projector, railway, single, slide, slides, station, stolen, track, turning, underground, University of Manchester, wasteland, work | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: single

Hebridean pursuits: cycling, flying, and wildlife (Rousse)

Unsatisfactory hotel accommodation and Bobby the dog ‘saved’ (Rousse)

The secret night visitor (Rousse)

Mountain rescue (Rousse)

A party castle and six in a bed (Rousse)

How to avoid predatory women (Rousse)

M is for Manchester (Rousse)

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