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Northallerton joy riders (Rousse)

Posted on June 1, 2026 by Dreamaticus

The last time that we visited Northallerton, we stayed one night in a hotel. Overnight joy riders stole our red Peugeot 205, then dumped it in a school playing field. This time we left the car in a queue at … Continue reading →

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

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Dreamaticus

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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Trick-cycling, pogo-ing, and the real purpose of a private education (Rousse)

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Dreamaticus

After watching a friend’s son trick-cycle his way down the yellow-painted banister of an Edinburgh tenement staircase, I took my pogo stick and bounced along the streets to my new girls’ school. So much for school fees: the teachers at … Continue reading →

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An octogenarian nun, a mysterious discharge, and a handsome school teacher (Rousse)

Posted on May 21, 2024 by Dreamaticus

A kind nun working in Accident and Emergency treated my mysterious discharge. As we were thanking her, she made a surprising revelation. She was a former school mistress, having completed teacher training in the 1960s alongside TPR’s father. She felt … Continue reading →

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Waiting for the headmistress (Rousse)

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Dreamaticus

The teachers stood patiently in a long line, creating a human snake that encircled the school hall. I joined them, keen to discover whether or not the attraction out of sight at the head of the queue was worth the … Continue reading →

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Fast yoga teacher performs the plank naked (Rousse)

Posted on February 25, 2023 by Dreamaticus

LM had warned me that her teacher practised ‘fast yoga’. Regardless, I signed up for the open-air class. There were two other newbies, both of whom looked extremely unfit. I’d be fine with some pilates training already under my belt. … Continue reading →

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Tubby topless teen teacher (Belle)

Posted on February 3, 2023 by Dreamaticus

I was out for my afternoon walk when I saw a pasty shirtless teenage boy dancing salsa with a middle aged woman. He was twirling her around and calling out the steps – “One, two, THREE, four”, and she was … Continue reading →

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Teaching and Trainspotting (Rousse)

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Dreamaticus

The school secretary informed me that my first class as a newly qualified teacher would be mathematics with the fourth years – even though I was completely unqualified to teach this subject at secondary level. When I learnt that my … Continue reading →

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Bigamist escapes to Africa on the cruise ship Botswana (Rousse)

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I was a bigamist five times over and now feared detection. So, dressed in a white sailor’s uniform complete with brass buttons, I escaped the police by boarding the cruise ship Botswana in Ullapool harbour. I looked forward to completing … Continue reading →

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Lost and found on the London Underground (Rousse)

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I was forever finding and losing people on the London tube. One day, for example, I spotted my O level history teacher Mrs T travelling in the opposite direction on the moving walkway. Then I ran into a girl from … Continue reading →

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