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Killer whales but no camera on powerboat trip to the islands (Rousse)

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I boarded the ferry dressed only in a thin sheet, having been forced to leave all my belongings – including my clothes and glasses – with our hosts at the the shoreline. The ride across the inlet was short and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged belongings, board, box, Calmac, camera, car, clothes, confiscate, countryside, ferry, game, glasses, house, iPhone, island, journey, killer, mother, mountain, poweboat, sheet, shoreline, sister, snow, stranger, vessel, whale | Leave a comment

President Donald Trump fails to attract inauguration ceremony audience in tatty Victorian theatre (Rousse)

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Dreamaticus

In the basement of the Muirhead Tower at the University of Birmingham, SPC and I learnt to program. I was surprised at the ease in which I could code. If only it were so easy to program domestic appliances at … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged audience, auditorium, basement, Birmingham University, boat, building, card, ceremony, colleague, Donald Trump, filthy, Front Row, identity, inauguration, Muirhead Tower, ocean, president, program, programming, sea, seat, security, staircase, theatre, threat, throne, ticket, United States of America, University of Birmingham, upper circle, US, USA, vessel, Washington, water, woman, wood, yellow | Leave a comment

A posh yacht passenger and a PhD (Rousse)

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I ran up to the deck when I heard that the CalMac ferry was stopping in the Minch to collect the dirty washing from a posh yacht. Helpful as ever, I lent a hand to winch the bundle of clothes … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged adventure, baording school, Billingham, blue-eyed, bundle, Calmac, captain, children, crew, dirty, examiner, external, family, ginger, guest, ICI, land, Minch, Mrs Crawford, passenger, passengers, Perth, PhD, posh, red-head, rigging, Teesside, thesis, TPR, travel, twin, undergraduate, unprofessional, vessel, washing, waves, winch, work, yacht | Leave a comment

Claustrophobic passenger trapped under tarpaulin on Calmac crossing (Rousse)

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Dreamaticus

It was January and the main ferry was in for service. This meant that we would travel back to the mainland on a spare vessel. I looked out for it from the pier and was rather surprised at how small … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged blue, board, bumpy, claustrophobia, claustrophobic, crew, crossing, dead, dirty, ferry, fish, January, live, livery, mainland, oranage, passenger, port, rush, service, small, spare, strategy, stuck, tarpaulin, TPR, trapped, vessel, white | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: vessel

Killer whales but no camera on powerboat trip to the islands (Rousse)

President Donald Trump fails to attract inauguration ceremony audience in tatty Victorian theatre (Rousse)

A posh yacht passenger and a PhD (Rousse)

Claustrophobic passenger trapped under tarpaulin on Calmac crossing (Rousse)

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