Tag Archives: snow

Snow, socks and sex (Rousse)

I rang the editor of Library and Information Science Research from a lone bus shelter on a snowy football pitch in the middle of winter as the sun set. Two strangers listened in. Then I joined in a themed event … Continue reading

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Oswald Danes plies an evil trade in Edinburgh (Rousse)

Notorious paedophile, rapist and murderer Oswald Danes parked his specially adapted 4×4 on Infirmary Street in Edinburgh, then laid in wait for victims. The four of us were the first to encounter him. As we walked up to the junction … Continue reading

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Miss Haversham awaits her husband while Rousse loses hers

We’d never seen snow on Uig sands before. It really was a beautiful sight, and you would have thought it would be an absolute pleasure to be snowed in here. However, after only one night at our favourite guest house … Continue reading

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Rousse’s travel trauma

The up escalator confused everyone when it switched direction from up to down. Then someone knelt down, stroked the metal teeth from front to back, and travel upwards resumed once more. Later on KT and I were trying to get … Continue reading

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Rousse risks midwifery on the pistes

The last day of the ski-ing season coincided with RG-J’s first day of maternity leave so we took to the slopes. Under sunny skies, and with almost complete snow coverage all the way down to the village, we had a … Continue reading

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Secrets of the royal bride-to-be (not Kate Middleton, but Rousse)

My royal wedding was just a couple of weeks away. How extraordinary that I had been chosen to marry a prince of the realm (groom as yet unspecified). My school friend AH (now AR) was green with envy. In spite … Continue reading

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Snowy conditions and dodgy map cause travel chaos near Cambridge (Rousse)

Our journey south was severely hampered by the weather conditions and resulting traffic chaos. As we attempted to join the A12 in the snow just outside Cambridge, others were reversing up the hard shoulder of the slip road in an … Continue reading

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The otter and Harry Potter (Rousse)

It was the final morning of our holiday on the Isle of Lewis. On the advice of TPR I asked for sausages and eggs for breakfast. Bored with waiting for my meal to arrive, I stepped down from the table … Continue reading

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Rousse’s relationship entanglements

Although I was yet to admit it, our marriage had long been dead. My husband, kind to the end, was simply waiting for me to form another relationship before raising the question of how we could untangle ourselves from almost … Continue reading

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Belle’s attempt at Impressionism

I was holding business meetings in Catford where the blossom was falling like snow. People were painting landscapes on their hands.

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