Tag Archives: TPR

Andy Burnham needs a haircut (Rousse)

Posted on October 29, 2026 by Dreamaticus

I hadn’t fallen in love with my fellow undergraduate GE, but it was convenient that we should become a couple, especially if we both planned to start our careers in Oxford. I really needed to find out more about her … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andy Burnham, Any Questions, cabinet, couple, cut, hair, haircut, hall of residence, lesbian, love, Oxford family, prime minister, table, TPR, undergraduate | Leave a comment

Citizen’s arrest of banned driver caught ‘drunk’ at the wheel in the Scottish Highlands (Rousse)

Posted on October 25, 2026 by Dreamaticus

TPR had had enough of his driving ban. He took the car keys, jumped into the driver’s seat, instructed me to sleep in the back, and hit the road north. When I woke, I could tell that we had passed … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American, arrest, autumn, ban, bone, car, caves, citizen, driver, drunk, keys, mountain, passing place, Scottish Highlands, sleep, TPR, Ullapool, walk | Leave a comment

Chinese to blame for Victorian train carriage catastrophe (Rousse)

Posted on October 14, 2026 by Dreamaticus

We travelled in a tiny single red open Victorian train carriage. It was obvious that the modern station was not designed to welcome such an old-fashioned form of transport: there was a huge gap between the open carriage door and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged accident, carriage, china, Chinese, gap, luggage, platform, speed, TPR, train, Victorian, wreckage | Leave a comment

Disabled passenger booted off the bus for smoking (Rousse)

Posted on September 20, 2026 by Dreamaticus

I boarded the bus south from Aberdeen with my former student F and her husband W. They took two seats facing forwards, and I found a seat across the aisle opposite them. This one faced the back of the bus, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Aberdeen, alleyway, bus, cigarette, disabled, Dundee, gig, gin, gum, lighter, nicotine, passenger, seat, sister, smoking, student, TPR, wheelchair | Leave a comment

Access to King Charles III’s innermost circle (Rousse)

Posted on September 18, 2026 by Dreamaticus

I detected a flash of amusement cross King Charles III’s face when I described the Princess of Wales running uphill in high heels and a big hat. She had been in such a rush to reach the start of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged access, amusement, Ascot, escape room, hat, high heels, King Charles III, Porton Down, Princess of Wales, quad bike, TPR, wedding | Leave a comment

A timber frame house on the Isle of Skye (Rousse)

Posted on August 20, 2026 by Dreamaticus

TPR was now the proud owner of a beautiful new timber frame house built on a remote coastal spot on the Isle of Skye. I loved the floor to ceiling windows for the fabulous views that they gave out to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beard, coast, door, frame, front, height, house, kitchen, ornament, pipe, sitting room, Skye, smoker, timber, TPR, visitor, window, yellow | Leave a comment

A wet campus nude (Rousse)

Posted on August 12, 2026 by Dreamaticus

While TPR found a parking space for our red Peugeot 205 near the World’s End pub in Edinburgh’s Old Town, I retreated to the Merchiston campus of Edinburgh Napier University. On arrival in the department, I stripped off all my … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Aga, campus, clothes, colleague, cycling, dress, Edinburgh, gear, giggle, naked, Napier, nude, nudity, officering, Old Town, park, Peugeot 205, pub, TPR, university, wet, World's End | Leave a comment

Boredom relieved by bore (Rousse)

Posted on July 9, 2026 by Dreamaticus

My summer project was to swim all the rivers of Scotland from the sea to source. On a very hot day, I started with the River Forth. Other than a minor tidal bore which surged up the stream mid-afternoon, this … Continue reading →

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A secret child and fake deaths in Welsh seaside resort (Rousse)

Posted on June 7, 2026 by Dreamaticus

I landed in Wales for a holiday with my in-laws. Amongst the others first to arrive at the vast hotel were TPR, his sister JLR, and his mother and step-father. I detected a strange atmosphere, particularly around my mother-in-law and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged baby, bathroom, child, death, fake, girl, holiday, hotel, in-law, mask, mother-in-law, prank, resort, seaside, secret, sister, sister-in-law, step-father, toddler, TPR, Wales, Welsh | Leave a comment

American chain hotel escape room code-cracking (Rousse)

Posted on June 4, 2026 by Dreamaticus

Admittedly wandering in and out of the bedrooms of other guests in the massive American hotel was not normal behaviour, especially when dressed in your pyjamas. However, I believed that I had special privileges. I was, after all, a long-term … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American, code, crack, cycling, elevator, esctasy, esescape room, friend, hotel, humbug, lift, message, mint, mother, pyjamas, shaft, sister, toddler, TPR, waitress | Leave a comment