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Tag Archives: trap
Trapped in a Glasgow museum (Rousse)
The starting point for access to the path up the mountain was under a door of a Glasgow museum. From here you accessed a tunnel. This eventually emerged in the open air on a steep mountain track. I had forgotten … Continue reading
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Tagged door, exhibition, Glasgow, mountain, museum, slope, TPR, trap, tunnel
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A sacrilegious faux pas in France (Rousse)
“Let’s go,” I said, “I’ve had enough of this ridiculous Catholic tourist trap”. I spoke rather too loudly, clearly upsetting many of the faithful who were visiting this French holy site of pilgrimage. I back-tracked in admitting that it was … Continue reading
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Tagged candle, cathedral, catholic, cave, faux pas, France, holy, pilgrimage, sacrilegious, site, tourist, trap
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A Pelham puppet tangle (Rousse)
PC and SA cleared out the unused contents of their house. I had never seen such an impressive collection of clutter. My favourite item amongst the mess of random objects was a sad, faded yellow, wooden Pelham puppet trapped in … Continue reading
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Tagged clutter, collection, house, Pelham, puppet, random, sad, String, tangle, trap, unused, wooden, yellow
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Back to work in boxer shorts (Rousse)
Dressed in thin cotton boxer shorts, I arrived back at work after the Christmas holiday to find that someone had moved my desk into a shabby shared office with FR, IB, IH and SS. Here it was freezing cold, the … Continue reading
An abandoned banana baby (Rousse)
The Pitlochry guest house was not to my tastes at all. The proprietor behaved as if she was everyone’s best friend, but I could see through her act. All that interested her was the fastest means of extracting as much … Continue reading
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Tagged abandon, act, baby, banana, cash, crush, entertainment, extract, guest, holiday-maker, house, husband, ogre, parent, Pitlochry, property, proprietor, tiny, trap
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Dog survives 36 hours trapped under car (Rousse)
We drove all the way to Manchester with CM’s dog P trapped underneath the car. TPR was so busy on arrival setting up business deals (in his suit) that he completely forgot about the dog for a further 24 hours. … Continue reading
An iPhone snapped in two (Rousse)
I unexpectedly found myself free one afternoon so I took a walk across the Meadows to photograph the flowers. There I found a huge gathering – mainly of women – at a celebration hosted by the University of Edinburgh. JS … Continue reading
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Tagged carriage, cash, celebration, children, commuter, conversation, cut, drop, Edinburgh, fare, feet, floor, flowers, free, gathering, Glasgow, glass, home, intercom, iPhone, journey, lift, Meadows, mobile, party, phone, photograph, purchase, smash, snap, train, trap, travel, trouble, university, unshod, US, walk, water, women
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Trapped underground with University Challenge contestant Oscar Powell (Rousse)
I was asked at very short notice to run a feedback with session with a small set of students. I was therefore very surprised to see the large number gathered when I arrived 20 minutes late in the designated room. … Continue reading
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Tagged assistant, badge, basement, boss, brain, Cambridge, computer, corridor, feedback, label, name, Oscar Powell, Peterhouse, rescue, room, staff, student, trap, underground, University Challenge
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Trapped by gunmen in small town USA (Rousse)
TPR and I travelled in two separate cars to the airport and our long-anticipated business class flights home. As I wondered what to do about the bags of rubbish that I had accumulated on the front seat of my car … Continue reading
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Tagged airport, American, bag, business, car, class, concentration, couple, departure, direction, directions, flight, gun, gunman, gunmen, home, leave, lost, mistake, pedestrian, problem, rubbish, seat, small, square, surround, terminal, time, town, trap, travel, USA
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