Tag Archives: TPR

The reluctant sailor (Rousse)

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I was so excited when TPR and I walked along the pontoon to board the yacht that would be our home with around 20 others for the months of September to December. As soon as we were inside the vessel, … Continue reading →

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Topless David Beckham’s River Tweed tattooist (Rousse)

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Dreamaticus

David Beckham’s tattooist lived with his family on the banks of the River Tweed. I discovered the artist’s identity the day that TPR drove us to the tiny riverside cottage in his new black sports car . I admired the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1970s, artist, black, car, celebrity, Celtic, contact, cottage, David Beckham, design, details, ink, remnant, river, sports, tattoo, tattooist, topless, TPR, tweed | Leave a comment

Food shortages in the Outer Hebrides (Rousse)

Posted on January 4, 2019 by Dreamaticus

It was well-known that this was the last season that the bed and breakfast on the Isle of Lewis would be welcoming guests, and for this reason it was mobbed. Most visitors were returning guests, keen to relive the fun … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bed and breakfast, chalet, crème caramel, diet, diner, dinner, fish and chips, food, guest, guest house, Hebrides, isle, Lewis, maid, outer, portion, pudding, sand, shack, shop, shortage, steak, TPR, veal, visitor | Leave a comment

Disgruntled passengers make illegal leap from Lothian bus (Rousse)

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Dreamaticus

The bus took a ludicrous route. Even though most of the passengers wanted to get off at Princes Street, they were forced to endure an hour’s diversion to Heriot-Watt University first. This was because the bus did not have an … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged border collies, bus, buses, CCTV, church, crime, disgruntled, Edinburgh, garden, Heriot-Watt University, Lothian, metal, passenger, Princes Street, route, Scotland, St John's, TPR | Leave a comment

Cat capture (Rousse)

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I was speaking to my parents on the phone from the comfort of my own bed at 06:00am when three cats jumped into the flat through the bedroom window. I left TPR to chase the intruders out again.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bedroom, capture, cat, chase, flat, intruder, parent, phone, telephone, TPR, window | Leave a comment

Darts and death with Prince Charles (Rousse)

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Dreamaticus

When Charles, Prince of Wales challenged TPR to a game of darts, I wandered out into the damp garden. The peace was interrupted when a woman ran across the terrace screaming ‘He’s dead, he’s dead, David is dead!’ Then a … Continue reading →

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Treatment of yellow fungus disease (Rousse)

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I arrived a couple of minutes late to be admitted to the auditorium where TPR and some of our friends were in the audience of an Edinburgh Fringe theatre production. Luckily, there was a sudden unexpected power cut before the … Continue reading →

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A blonde mistress upgrade for an errant husband (Rousse)

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Not only was I able (or stupid enough) to forgive TPR’s latest misdemeanour, but here I was comforting his latest conquest. Without any care for the feelings of the betrayed wife, the dumpy, blonde, middle-aged lecturer sobbed in my arms, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged betray, blonde, cleaner, conquest, errant, husband, improvement, love, mistress, Robert Gordon University, sob, tart, taste, TPR, upgrade, wife | Leave a comment

A hotel bedroom foursome (Rousse)

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Dreamaticus

We were surprised when the blonde woman sunbathing nearby introduced us to her friends. ‘We met here last year’, she reminded us. ‘We live in Geneva. Our son is also called T’. Now, that my memory was jogged, I remembered … Continue reading →

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Entertaining a former fitness model – in a dirty blue and white spotted bikini (Rousse)

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Dreamaticus

JS came to visit us at the new house that we were sharing with TPR’s parents. It was a rather small semi on a housing estate, but all the rooms were perfectly proportioned and we believed that there was possibly … Continue reading →

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