Tag Archives: TPR

Alps plane crash victim regrets flight choice (Rousse)

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Dreamaticus

LM and her colleague from the National Library of Scotland could wait for me no longer. I said that I would follow them up to the Library just as soon as I could get off the phone. We were due … Continue reading →

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Seaside town confusion (Rousse)

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Dreamaticus

‘How I love Blackpool!’ I declared to TPR – just as the train was pulling into Whitby.

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Salford scheme shames poor drivers (Rousse)

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Dreamaticus

My driving was getting worse. In Salford I scraped our white BMW against the kerb outside a hospital, nearly taking out some nursing staff. Thankfully the car easily transformed into a motorbike. This meant that I could make a quick … Continue reading →

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Adding a second floor to a bungalow (Rousse)

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Dreamaticus

‘We need to get this car fixed’ I said to TPR as it juddered up Burnland Terrace in Hexham. I was embarrassed that SM was a passenger in our old Fiat Stilo, and witness to its poor performance. The problems … Continue reading →

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Confusion on Edinburgh’s 47 bus route – in Liverpool (Rousse)

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Dreamaticus

TPR checked the bus routes online. We needed a 47. We jumped on the bus and it took us so far beyond the city limits that we did not recognise our surroundings. When we asked the South African traffic warden … Continue reading →

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A disputed opinion of Brooke – and another lost suitcase (Rousse)

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Dreamaticus

It was probably just as well that I was leaving town. The last few meals with NP, GB and JLW had been rather awkward. Somehow I kept saying the wrong thing. The last straw came when one of the others … Continue reading →

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Dilemma during final of University Challenge in French (Rousse)

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Dreamaticus

My boyfriend was called Phil. We’d been seeing one another on and off for a while now so it was good to make it official. He was a nice man, though a bit posh – and a lot younger than … Continue reading →

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Getting creative in the garden and the office (Rousse)

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Dreamaticus

Creative KT spent the whole day in her narrow sloping garden, tidying it up in anticipation of the arrival of J’s grandchildren. She even pitched the huge embroidered tent that I had bought in the charity shop. TPR had told … Continue reading →

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Tiny disabled Chinese criminal forced to live in a pocket (Rousse)

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Dreamaticus

OC’s new charge was a tiny disabled Chinese ex-con with a miniscule human head and the plastic body of an Action Mall doll. He’d given up his life of crime after his gang leaders found he was more of a … Continue reading →

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Brian the dog lost forever (Rousse)

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Dreamaticus

Out on the moors we were horribly lost. TPR caught his feet in the heather, tripped, and Brian the dog fell out of his arms. That was it: the dog was gone forever. The only creatures that came near us … Continue reading →

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