Tag Archives: underground

Trapped in the underground (Rousse)

Posted on February 2, 2024 by Dreamaticus

I was up to my usual tricks of travelling across town along secret underground passages in a wheeled crate. However, one day I noticed that a lock had been added to the door at one of the main entry points … Continue reading →

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Toilet transport for women (Rousse)

Posted on January 27, 2024 by Dreamaticus

While my male ex-colleague SL could happily stand up from the dinner table, cross the room, and find the gents with no trouble at all, any women who hoped to use the facilities at the University of Edinburgh were forced … Continue reading →

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Chris Packham wanders the London Tube in police disguise (Rousse)

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Dreamaticus

Chris Packham took great care to hide from his fans whenever he went about his everyday business. I, however, could see through his devious disguise of a toy dark blue policeman’s helmet and fake beer belly. I chased him along … Continue reading →

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Lost and found on the London Underground (Rousse)

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I was forever finding and losing people on the London tube. One day, for example, I spotted my O level history teacher Mrs T travelling in the opposite direction on the moving walkway. Then I ran into a girl from … Continue reading →

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A philanderer and a forgetful wife (Rousse)

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Dreamaticus

When J begged me to sleep with him I asked whether he had been unfaithful to his wife in the past. ‘Several times’ he replied. It appeared that he got up to all sorts of mischief on lads’ weekends away … Continue reading →

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Trapped underground with University Challenge contestant Oscar Powell (Rousse)

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Dreamaticus

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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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

Unhelpful underground officials at Heathrow (Rousse)

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Dreamaticus

The two London Underground officials at Heathrow Airport were hopeless. When I asked them which service ran to Kings Cross they simply laughed, then took another puff on their ridiculous pipes.

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M is for Manchester (Rousse)

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Dreamaticus

At the meeting in Manchester B outlined a range of duties that I had not before realised were part of my role’s remit. He explained that these were bound to increase as he loosened his connection with work to explore … Continue reading →

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Unsuitable work for a claustrophobic (Rousse)

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I’d undergone all the engineering training so now they expected me to enter the mineshaft in a battered old white Renault four with unreliable gears, then work my way underground by foot back to base, inspecting the tunnels along the … Continue reading →

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