Tag Archives: swimming

Time-travelling Rousse wins lottery jackpot

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I watched the sequence of events very carefully. To the right of the stone wall a brand new white Sunseeker was being launched into the sea. My attention, however, focused to the left. Here a busy crowd gathered around a … Continue reading →

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Decomposed body found near former film set (Rousse)

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Dreamaticus

Until Hollywood’s arrival, the village’s reputation was limited to “reasonable pit stop for British families en route to the French riviera”. Three years since serving as the backdrop to one of the most successful movies of all time, the village … Continue reading →

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Rousse hides her haul and swims with seals

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I found the canvas bag full of used £10 and £20 notes abandoned next to the post box. When I got home I started to count out the money on my bed, but soon got bored. It could amount to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bag, bowl, canvas, filing cabinet, fishing tackle, fortune, goldfish, notes, police, pups, seal, seals, swimming | Leave a comment

A stone age date with Ruaridh Aldridge (Rousse)

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I spent the eve of my stone age adventure in Reading. MP and his wife A hosted my visit in their large, modern house. No longer a family home, it was still littered with evidence of the departed children. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged banister, children, coracle, mafia, mud, Reading, river, Ruaridh Aldridge, sea, snake, stone age, surfing, swimming, tunic, vikings, wading, welcome | Leave a comment

iPad hidden feature revealed and pretty ponies perform (Rousse)

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Dreamaticus

TPR looked so pale and I suspected that he had been crying. What had driven him to come to my office on campus in such a state? He pulled out his iPad and confessed that he had been monitoring my … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged accident, Barnton, bus, car, conference, conference paper, crying, driving, e-mail, handbag, horses, iPad, Lothian buses, Mac, pale, paper, performance, Peugeot 205, ponies, Range Rover, rucksack, swimming, TPR | Leave a comment

Swimming or drowning? (Belle)

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Dreamaticus

My time in the pool was being ruined by a group of men being competitive. Those who weren’t engaged in the race were hanging on to the sides screaming encouragement at the competitors. As I hung to the side I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged mattress, naked, pool, prison, swimming | 1 Comment

From Molière to Indiana Jones: the dramas of Rousse continue

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Dreamaticus

Illness had struck and I was forced to relinquish my role in the production of Molière. Two understudies – my work colleague KT and friend SJ – kindly agreed to take the stage in my place. I worried that their … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beach, cliff, French, Indiana Jones, Moliere, play, rescue, staircase, swimming, umbrella | Leave a comment

The otter and Harry Potter (Rousse)

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Dreamaticus

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Abbeydale Road, beach, Birmingham, Blackberry, collar, croft, dog, eggs, Harry Potter, Isle of Lewis, otters, photos, railway station, sausages, snow, socks, swimming, tank, TPR, trains, Uig sands, University of Edinburgh | Leave a comment

A bendy bus trip to Diagon Alley, but Harry Potter nowhere to be seen (Rousse)

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Dreamaticus

What was it with TPR and clothing? Here he was cycling towards town along Morningside Road in Bruntsfield on a sunny day wearing a navy blue T shirt – and nothing else! His response to a request to please put … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Blackberry, Bruntsfield, bus, bus driver, cartoons, clothes, Comely Bank, Craiglieth, cycling, Daigon Alley, drunk, Edinburgh, Harry Potter, hospital, iPhone, Kev F Sutherland, London, Morningside Road, naked, Ollivander's Wand Shop, PhD, Queen Margaret, rescue, Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, Stockton Sixth Form College, swimming, terrorists, TPR, Twitter | Leave a comment

Rousse’s reunion

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Dreamaticus

It was July 2011. As was the case on the days of our 10th and 20th anniversary parties, the 1986 French graduates from the University of Birmingham were enjoying a reunion lunch in the blazing Brummie sunshine. This time we … Continue reading →

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