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Pudding wine and a patient (Rousse)

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I winced when TPR ordered pudding wine. He was a last-minute guest at our business dinner, and it certainly wasn’t his place to make demands of the waiting staff to meet his expensive personal tastes. I hoped that BR and … Continue reading →

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Picked up at Park Lane Four Seasons (Rousse)

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Looking ridiculous in a wide-brimmed lilac straw hat, in a gap in the traffic LC dragged me over Park Lane and we made a dash for the reception at the Four Seasons Hotel. Wet sleet was falling and mixing with … Continue reading →

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Exception to the Health Act 2006 discovered in West Sussex (Rousse)

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Dreamaticus

All we siblings raced out of my in-laws’ house and jumped into the car. It was a bit of squash for the ten of us, but the distance was short to the coffee shop in Chichester. There we were served … Continue reading →

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Come dine with me – please! (Belle)

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Dreamaticus

When exactly had I booked my place on this ‘Surburbans Go to Europe by Coach’ holiday? And since when had zone 2 in south east London been considered ‘suburban’? I was a fish out of water stuck on a hot … Continue reading →

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Fusion cooking goes wrong (Belle)

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Dreamaticus

The roast turkey was carried into a room at shoulder height by three or four waiters. As the platter was lowered I noted that the chef had stuck a badger’s head where the turkey’s should have been.

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Rousse avoids a rubbish job

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Dreamaticus

Back in 1982 I was doing all I could to avoid what I considered an inappropriate task for female first year undergraduates: picking up litter. They said that the boys would be there too, but I didn’t believe it. I’d … Continue reading →

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Kevin Towler – Olympic athlete (Belle)

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Dreamaticus

They were an unlikely pair of gold medal hopefuls. In fact, they looked more like young media types out on the town in Hoxton, and yet here they were being filmed for a documentary about Britain’s Olympic hopefuls. It had … Continue reading →

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