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Looking for loos along the LNER East Coast route (Rousse)

Posted on May 3, 2025 by Dreamaticus

All the toilets at York railway station were out of order – and I was desperate to go to the loo. The only option was to catch the next train south, travel 125 miles to Peterborough, and use the facilities … Continue reading →

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Amol Rajan: rubbish railway worker

Posted on December 31, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Amol Rajan had given up in journalism for a job selling train tickets at London King’s Cross. When he failed to find me a split ticket for the route London-Newcastle-Edinburgh, I recommended that he return to his old role. He … Continue reading →

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Gatecrashing the Choral Society concert (Rousse)

Posted on November 24, 2024 by Dreamaticus

I was desperate to the attend the sell-out concert at the drill hall. Without a ticket, I hatched a plan to gatecrash the event. Just before the concert start time, I walked boldly into the reception area of the hall. … Continue reading →

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An adulterer, a runner, a comedian, and a puppy (Rousse)

Posted on August 11, 2024 by Dreamaticus

When I saw the ‘luxurious’ single beds behind the curtain, I wished that I had selected this option for the night rather than the shallow soil grave in the main section. I further regretted my accommodation choice when my former … Continue reading →

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Peril in a pram, a phony pellet of paper, and political editor Chris Mason (Rousse)

Posted on April 2, 2024 by Dreamaticus

From a distance we could see a baby’s head hanging loosely out of the back of its pram. Its mother, who was pushing the pram along the edge of the dual carriageway, obviously mistook our calls as friendly greetings when … Continue reading →

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Highland spirit triplets, hopeless handmade goods, an over-priced exhibition, and very public toilets (Rousse)

Posted on January 23, 2023 by Dreamaticus

A set of Highland triplet spirits danced across the heather as they sought to reunite me with my mother and sister S after I came off the narrow single track road in our hire car. As soon as we found … Continue reading →

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Stirling to Edinburgh train services slashed (Rousse)

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Dreamaticus

I met ECM at Waverley station. From there we caught the train to a destination that ECM had been desperate to visit for decades. Unfortunately Stirling was a great disappointment, so after a quick look at the dowdy main street, … Continue reading →

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Premature plane ticket purchase (Rousse)

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Dreamaticus

I was already annoyed that my colleague had submitted a conference contribution without first sharing his work for review with the rest of the team When I found out that he had already bought return first class return flights to … Continue reading →

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Frail old lady on the wrong train (Rousse)

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Dreamaticus

I’d mixed up the two rail tickets. I had that of mother, and she mine. The main consequence of this was that a frail old lady was about to board the ‘wrong’ train, and there was no way that I … Continue reading →

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Queue jumping at the museum (Rousse)

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Dreamaticus

When 0ne person pushed into the queue ahead of me to buy her museum ticket, I let it pass. However, I was not prepared to let a second to take advantage of me, so I challenged the next one as … Continue reading →

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