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A dubious passage to Porto (Rousse)

Posted on October 26, 2025 by Dreamaticus

TPR was determined to revisit Porto. I couldn’t afford to miss yet another weekend at home, so I did my best to persuade him that a return trip to Portugal so soon after our last was not worth the effort, … Continue reading →

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A doomed trip to Orkney (Rousse)

Posted on April 27, 2025 by Dreamaticus

There was quite a crowd of us on holiday together in the north of Scotland. This made it difficult to enjoy time on my own with my Canadian cousins NT and DT, who had crossed the Atlantic to spend a … Continue reading →

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A wasted return trip to New Zealand (Rousse)

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Dreamaticus

My old running pal EJ forgot her rugby bag when she set off for New Zealand. ‘To hell with the expense!’ I thought as I booked my flight. It was worth the cost to deliver the bag to her in … Continue reading →

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David Jason – arms dealer (Rousse)

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Dreamaticus

David Jason handed me a replica hand gun to ‘use as required’. He then disappeared down the street, and I awaited my fate. This was supposedly a game, but it all felt very real. Organised by SPL on the Isle … Continue reading →

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Secrets of a summer cycling trip (Rousse)

Posted on January 7, 2023 by Dreamaticus

A week in a dormitory on the converted Queen Margaret University campus was a very modest holiday for us, but fit the remit. Best of all, XX was there. Although her ex-husband and two children were with her, XX was … Continue reading →

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Green checked shirts and Bible study (Rousse)

Posted on May 17, 2022 by Dreamaticus

EH and I set up camp in a comfortable three-seater with another colleague for our all-School work trip to the US. Occasionally our male colleagues – each dressed in a different take on the green checked shirt – would call … Continue reading →

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The draw of Guatemala (Rousse)

Posted on April 10, 2021 by Dreamaticus

The garden of my great-grandparents’ house was crammed with people I knew, from TPR’s sunbathing ex-colleagues to my board gaming PhD students. The latter group was my target. I promised them the full experience of the mess and quirkiness of … Continue reading →

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Secrets between friends (Rousse)

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Dreamaticus

DJ and AJ had supposedly downsized to a modern house on the mainland. When we visited their new place, however, we found that they were now living in a gorgeous mansion furnished almost entirely with Chinese antiques. We had clearly … Continue reading →

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A cave holiday with a two-husband trip to Edinburgh Zoo (Rousse)

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Dreamaticus

TPR booked an unheated cave for our summer holiday in the far north of Scotland. Although compact, its floor-space was still greater than our first house in Birmingham. Red curtains at the ‘door way’ mouth provided adequate privacy. When my … Continue reading →

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Viking ship spotted off the Isle of Lewis (Rousse)

Posted on November 24, 2018 by Dreamaticus

On a far northern shore of the Isle of Lewis the locals built a snowman – the size of a house. They saved it from melting over the summer months by topping it up with ice from their domestic freezers. … Continue reading →

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