Tag Archives: summer

Scottish island cycling skeleton surprise (Rousse)

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Cycling in the Scottish islands in May is always a pleasure with the lengthening summer days and low likelihood of rain. However, it is not so enjoyable when your wheels take you over a massive seaweed-covered midden where the skeletons … Continue reading →

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Dr Who companion travels back in time in vain attempt to stop Brexit (Rousse)

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I travelled back in time, unseasonably dressed in furs, to a country fair on a warm summer’s day in 2010. I found the yellow and white striped stand at which I was to deliver my message. I leant over the … Continue reading →

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Weymouth from air and shoreline (Rousse)

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Dreamaticus

The flight was not full so we all had plenty of space in the cabin. TPR kept switching seats, mainly for the best views from angle of the plane. When I saw Weymouth from the air for the first time … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged air, beach, cabin, crowd, flight, pilot, plane, railway, seat, September, shoreline, space, summer, track, view, visit, Weymouth | Leave a comment

Distracted by next season’s fashion must-haves and Harry Potter in French (Rousse)

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Dreamaticus

At the height of summer I was living in North Berwick and working in Edinburgh, desperate to finish the data analysis and write-up of my second PhD. On the days that I couldn’t cadge a lift along the by-pass with … Continue reading →

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Unsuitable wedding attire (Rousse)

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Dressed in a summer dress and sandals, I slowly picked my way over the stony beach to the wedding venue. Whereas BD zipped along quickly in shorts, I arrived late, just as bride and groom SB and AR were leading … Continue reading →

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Bad manners at Loughborough University graduation ceremony, and countryside iPhone thieves (Rousse)

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Dressed in a pale green, silk-cotton mix, short-sleeved summer tunic, SC criticised me for drinking Diet Coke, the pattern that my food left on my plate half way through a meal, and eating in front of her. I considered her … Continue reading →

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1970s bed linen, out of reach kitchen appliances, and a gift of £1000 (Rousse)

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I were staying with KLX at his London flat while the rest of his family spent the summer in Ireland. KLX admitted that he wasn’t the best of housekeepers and asked me to help make up the beds … Continue reading →

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PhD write-up distractions: National Trust for Scotland properties (Rousse)

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Dreamaticus

When I returned to work after my summer holiday I discovered that two of my PhD students had each become heavily involved in National Trust for Scotland properties, each of which was supposedly associated with their doctoral studies. How would … Continue reading →

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Excess body hair and changes in the weather (Rousse)

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Dreamaticus

The reunion brought together folk from my family (my sisters J and S), school (GB and JB now divorced, but at least willing to attend the same event even if they would not acknowledge one another), and university (JS with … Continue reading →

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Slim female academic transforms into overweight Chinaman (Rousse)

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Dreamaticus

We were only permitted to join the PhD students at their table if they invited us to join them. XY was pretty certain that she could persuade at least one of them to offer us an invitation. However, this was … Continue reading →

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