Tag Archives: tram

How to avoid the United States (Belle)

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Travelling around south America in a decrepit school bus was not my idea of a holiday. In fact I had no memory of how this had happened or how I got here. Everywhere we went puppies and kittens sat in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bus, Canada, Falconwood, holiday, kittens, London, park, puppies, salad, school bus, South America, squat, tram, travel, United States | Leave a comment

Orange running shoe thief (Rousse)

Posted on October 7, 2022 by Dreamaticus

I was going to run back, but the route was all uphill and sitting on the tram was a more attractive option. Once inside the carriage, I was even able to take off my orange running shoes and pop them … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged grey, handbag, husband, Orange, running, shoe, thief, tram, wife, woman | Leave a comment

Edinburgh tram extension stretches to Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Rousse)

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Dreamaticus

The Edinburgh tram line extension stretched all the way to Newcastle-upon-Tyne. I sat at the front of the vehicle with a Chinese man, his baby and his toddler. He was very impressed with the at-seat baby changing facilities.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged baby, change, Chinese, Edinburgh, extension, man, Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, toddler, tram | Leave a comment

Smoking spliffs in the sunshine (Rousse)

Posted on December 8, 2018 by Dreamaticus

In the scorching heat at a family picnic JMH and JLR sat on the car bonnet and smoked spliffs. Meanwhile FDS played in the sunshine and I sheltered in the shade. We returned home by tram along the yellow painted … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged airport, bonnet, car, coaster, family, Firth, Forth, heat, hill, Pentland, picnic, roller, roller coaster, scorch, shade, smoke, spliff, sunshine, tram | Leave a comment

An embarrassing moment in the National Library of Scotland and a tram death (Rousse)

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I could have died of shame when a video posted to my Facebook page sprang to life at full volume breaking the solemn silence of the main reading room in the National Library of Scotland. I had no choice but … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged children, dead, death, dei, die, embarrass, Facebook, lift, mobile, National Library of Scotland, nose, photographer, railway, ride, shame, silence, slip, station, terminus, TPR, tram, video, volume | Leave a comment

Popping out to buy the paper (Rousse)

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Dreamaticus

My mother asked me to pop out to buy the Sunday Times. My decision to look for a copy in the shop half way up the hillside of a small Scottish ski resort was not the best. However, luckily I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beast, buy, change, coin, coins, copy, dog, Euros, fare, hill, hillside, lift, London, metal, newspaper, paper, pop, red, resort, return, sack, Scottish, shop, ski, SNCF, Sunday, Sunday Times, Times, train, tram, travel, underground | Leave a comment

Copycat campus shootings come to the UK (Rousse)

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Dreamaticus

AM was interviewed first. Then it was my turn. By the end of the day each of us had been offered a chair at Northumbria University. How amazing that we would be working together! We were both happy to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged buy, chair, city, commute, department, die, export, flat, French, gun, Newcastle, Northumbria University, option, student, teach, tram, US, work | Leave a comment

An unethical vacation (Rousse)

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Dreamaticus

The first couple of days had been blisteringly hot, but the rest of the holiday was somewhat damp. Still, we were in the Caribbean and happy. I enjoyed playing on the pool slides best of all, surprising all by zipping … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Caribbean, carriage, country, destination, flume, happy, holiday, hot, luxury, mistake, pool, poverty, resort, slide, terminus, tram, unethical, vacation, water, westerners | Leave a comment

Delinquent tram passengers and a detachable carriage (Rousse)

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Dreamaticus

At the tram stop I realised that I had left my burgundy suitcase at the other end of the carriage. I made a dash for it while ECM held the door open with her foot. The conductor was furious. He … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged burgundy, carriage, conductor, countryside, dash, delinquent, detachable, door, foot, open, passenger, passengers, punishment, stop, suitcase, summer, tram, vehicle | Leave a comment

Referendum aggression on the Edinburgh tram, and a dead grandmother (Rousse)

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I laughed out loud when the idiot behind me boasted “I work for the Sun and I could sell Scotland for $2 billion!”. He clearly believed that this kind of statement would convince everyone of both his nationalist credentials, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged aggression, aisle, argument, billion, birth, daughter, dead, driver, Edinburgh, embarrassing, girl, grandmother, independence, passenger, protection, red-haired, referendum, relation, Scotland, Scottish, sun, tram, Yes | Leave a comment