Tag Archives: training

Axe-wielding climate change protesters damage personal property (Rousse)

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Dreamaticus

I ran back to the train carriage just in time to collect my forgotten belongings. A few seconds later, and the cleaners would have scooped up everything for disposal. Out of the station and onto the Edinburgh streets, I ran … Continue reading →

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How not to start a start-up (Rousse)

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Dreamaticus

Following a week of unpaid training, I felt able to offer JS £200 per day to work in my consulting firm. The only problem was that I added to her payroll before we had any clients. In fact, we didn’t … Continue reading →

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The Canterbury Tales and careers training (Rousse)

Posted on April 21, 2024 by Dreamaticus

We drove to Paisley, looking forward to the careers training session. We were especially pleased that JM had managed to secure a place after someone else had cancelled theirs. The venue was a great disappointment. It was a shabby wood … Continue reading →

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Prince Harry and high heels (Rousse)

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Dreamaticus

I travelled to locked down London for training as a new member of the British Secret Service. England’s capital city looked, and sounded, very quiet. I could even hear bird song through the closed top deck bus windows. Soon I … Continue reading →

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Triathlon training by canal and canoe (Rousse)

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I always fancied myself as a triathlete, but this training was sometimes more difficult than I might have imagined. The filthy canal was especially challenging. I struggled to avoid the debris that littered the shallow water and cut myself on … Continue reading →

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Charity shop Whimsies and a sand slide bring joy to the office (Rousse)

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Dreamaticus

My new office space was appalling. I was shown to a tiny table with a computer at the end end of a long narrow room that accommodated around a dozen academics and research students. On the blue desk next to … Continue reading →

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The secret beaches of East Lothian (Rousse)

Posted on October 7, 2017 by Dreamaticus

ET-S showed us the secret beaches of East Lothian from the turreted wall of a medieval castle. We learnt that the kayak school used the beach below for training and was recruiting new members. TPR responded immediately by jumping down … Continue reading →

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Bad manners at Loughborough University graduation ceremony, and countryside iPhone thieves (Rousse)

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Dressed in a pale green, silk-cotton mix, short-sleeved summer tunic, SC criticised me for drinking Diet Coke, the pattern that my food left on my plate half way through a meal, and eating in front of her. I considered her … Continue reading →

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Inadequate marathon training (Rousse)

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Dreamaticus

This marathon relay was never going to work. For a start DT, SL, my sister J and I had not done enough training. Our other problem was that we had not yet discussed who would do which leg – even … Continue reading →

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Advice for a NQT? Don’t go into teaching! (Rousse)

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I bumped into my school friend KC (wearing a hideous pale blue fake satin 1980s style ballgown) and her daughter K at a service station on the M5. The daughter explained that she had just finished teacher training. She asked … Continue reading →

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