Tag Archives: TPR

Luxury highland hotel coincidence (Rousse)

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Dreamaticus

We had cycled for miles, mainly powered by TPR at the front of our tandem. Eventually we reached the tatty high street of a once-prosperous highland town. It would have attracted tourists in another age; now it looked very forlorn. … Continue reading →

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An icy dip on Christmas Day (Rousse)

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Dreamaticus

So delighted was TPR to be with his entire family again, on arrival at his mother’s house for Christmas he disappeared straightaway into the large cinema room with his sisters. That left me with his step-father to set the table … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2020 in June 2021 (Rousse)

Posted on February 27, 2021 by Dreamaticus

Finally, six months later than anticipated, at the end of June 2021 we were permitted to host our annual Christmas party (2020). But first, I had to remove AD from the kitchen. JS, who knew exactly who he was and … Continue reading →

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Cash-collecting criminal caught on CCTV (Rousse)

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Dreamaticus

I added to my fortune whenever I paid a visit to the cash dispenser just outside Edinburgh’s Balmoral Hotel. Here each morning on my way to work, I pretended to make a transaction. In reality, I was picking up wads … Continue reading →

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Mr Stephen Fry (Rousse)

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Dreamaticus

Following yet another awkward encounter with Stephen Fry, I resolved to cool our ‘friendship’. I called him ‘Mr Fry’ from that point onwards. I expected him to use my formal title in the same manner when addressing me. The next … Continue reading →

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Kneeling toilet is a safe haven for jewellery stash (Rousse)

Posted on January 25, 2021 by Dreamaticus

No wonder I kept getting lost in the hotel. Due to a booking mishap, every day TPR and I were moved from one bedroom to another. Although annoying, it would have been so much worse if the weather had been … Continue reading →

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Suicidal coach survival (Rousse)

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I were disappointed that two other passengers had bagged the best seats next to the coach driver. Sulkily, we sat down in the second row behind them. Twenty minutes later the driver veered off the road, rumbled the … Continue reading →

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iPhone switch scam (Rousse)

Posted on December 12, 2020 by Dreamaticus

Someone had switched my iPhone 11 for a 4. It worked fine, with all my contacts and stored messages and photographs still intact – but it wasn’t my phone. Later TPR managed to work out the identity of the culprit … Continue reading →

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Salvaged: a single-footed skateboard and an antique secrétaire (Rousse)

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Dreamaticus

Back in Birmingham again, TPR, my father, and my little sister were picking through the contents that we had left three decades earlier in our old house in Northfield. Much of it was junk. This included a narrow skateboard with … Continue reading →

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Dangerous diving in Denmark (Rousse)

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Dreamaticus

A tiny Danish island was our holiday destination. Here the only other holiday-makers were Danes, all enjoying themselves splashing around in the water in long thin canoes. ‘We’ll do that later’, promised TPR, leading the way to a tiny hut … Continue reading →

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