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Sci-fi at the Four Seasons hotel and an abandoned bike (Rousse)

The short cycle ride to Waverley station was torturous. From Broughton Street I was diverted onto a narrow, and almost unnavigable, forest track. I dumped the bike, then continued on foot to the Four Seasons hotel. Here thousands of sci-fi … Continue reading

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Axe-wielding climate change protesters damage personal property (Rousse)

I ran back to the train carriage just in time to collect my forgotten belongings. A few seconds later, and the cleaners would have scooped up everything for disposal. Out of the station and onto the Edinburgh streets, I ran … Continue reading

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Cycling in the Pentland Hills (Rousse)

I had stripped down to my underwear in the charity shop, but the staff couldn’t care less – presumably because I was their best customer. However, it was getting late, and at 9pm TPR was anxious that we might miss … Continue reading

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Stolen iPhone misery (Rousse)

While scrolling madly through incoming text and images on their mobile phones, the crush of teenage girls in the tube carriage shouted over the heads of all the other passengers. What vile behaviour, I thought. I realised that I should … Continue reading

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Lost in the Paris RER (Rousse)

I lost TPR and LF in the maze of a Paris RER station on our way back to the main venue of the incentive holiday.  When they boarded the train heading in the right direction, I went the opposite way. … Continue reading

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Sausages on a train (Rousse)

Not long after my mother and I bought half a dozen sausages to cook on the train carriage grill, TPR suggested that we take advantage of the 40 minute break in the journey at Edinburgh Waverley station to play tourist … Continue reading

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Homeless photographer takes a trip to Japan (Rousse)

I packed away the white bed sheet that I slept in each night at the doorway of the Bethany shop on Leith Walk, Edinburgh. Then I set off to join the family reunion in Japan. As a reunion venue, a … Continue reading

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Return to handsome Redcar (Rousse)

I shoved the shopping list into TPR’s hand and said that I would meet him at Tesco. Then I jumped on the train. Settled in the carriage, I was enjoying the company of my former colleagues AT, JB, and MG … Continue reading

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Waylaid on Broughton Street by Edwardian hookers and a shop alarm (Rousse)

I knew that I needed to be at Waverley Station to meet JS and RR off the train from Bristol at 18:30. Nevertheless, I cycled down Broughton Street on my static exercise bike, and followed the new-to-me narrow street that … Continue reading

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A return to a simpler time of four TV channels (Rousse)

Principally so that my mother could operate the television, but also to make her feel more at home, TPR switched all our sitting room furniture for mid-century items that he had kept in storage since his grandparents had died. He … Continue reading

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