Tag Archives: toddler

Up close with otters (Rousse)

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Dr M and I regretted not bringing our ‘big’ cameras with us when we saw the otters at the shoreline. They would have been so easy to photograph. When the toddlers were playing in the water with the creatures, we … Continue reading →

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Katie Price and Madonna join Rousse in rollercoaster sci-fi movie (Rousse)

Posted on November 2, 2024 by Dreamaticus

I couldn’t wait for my friends to discover that I had a major part in a new sci-fi movie with co-stars Katie Price and Madonna. Set in a theme park, the plot revolved around a mysterious invisible killer that lurked … Continue reading →

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Toddler up a lamppost (Belle)

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Dreamaticus

This was the opposite of what I expected to see on a quiet Sunday morning on the A20. Across the road, playfully giggling down at his parents, a toddler was sitting at the very top of a towering lamppost. How … Continue reading →

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Left luggage in Pitlochry, the shame of Hull (Rousse)

Posted on June 5, 2024 by Dreamaticus

It didn’t make sense to carry everything that we had packed on the second part of our highland holiday, so we left our excess baggage at the self-catering cottage in Pitlochry. We would call in to collect it on our … Continue reading →

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Squirrel zoo escapee helps with hopeless antique car (Rousse)

Posted on February 9, 2023 by Dreamaticus

BM and RG ditched their Morris Minor for a very early black motor car. They filled their new vehicle with random passengers including a toddler, a sheepdog, and an exotic rare squirrel ‘acquired’ from the zoo. Whenever they reached a … Continue reading →

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Severed toddler’s hand doubles up as business card (Rousse)

Posted on October 9, 2022 by Dreamaticus

Due to a microphone mix-up, I now looked a complete fool. The problem was that it was my turn to speak, but the mic that I was holding was silent. Meanwhile, an idiotic woman was blethering into the one that … Continue reading →

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How not to change a nappy (Rousse)

Posted on September 5, 2021 by Dreamaticus

My status in the household was rather ambiguous as the former au pair girl. Should I really be left in charge of the children three decades later? That question was answered when I attempted to change the sodden nappy on … Continue reading →

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Chinese tour of Scotland (Rousse)

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Dreamaticus

We had been ‘volunteered’ to take a Chinese man and his elderly mother on a tour of the Scottish highlands. The ‘elderly mother’ seemed rather childish to me, stuffing herself with sweets in the front passenger seat of the car. … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh tram extension stretches to Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Rousse)

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Dreamaticus

The Edinburgh tram line extension stretched all the way to Newcastle-upon-Tyne. I sat at the front of the vehicle with a Chinese man, his baby and his toddler. He was very impressed with the at-seat baby changing facilities.

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The right way to hang wallpaper (Rousse)

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Dreamaticus

TPR was setting up a new home office. At the same time – and in the same room – I was preparing a nursery for a visiting toddler. These two activities were clearly incompatible. Everything came to a head when … Continue reading →

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