Tag Archives: water

Railway level crossing death averted (Rousse)

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Dreamaticus

The excitement in the car was palpable. Out of the window we could see the island in the distance, and shiny, smiling seals frolicking in the bay. TPR, KA and I were very much looking forward to this long-overdue holiday … Continue reading →

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White rabbit moves in with deer (Rousse)

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Dreamaticus

I lay in the bath pondering the state of my surroundings. TPR had done his best to make minor repairs to the bathroom but they could hardly be called professional: the toilet roll holder was crammed into a corner where … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bath, bathroom, bedroom, cage, carpet, centre, city, corner, countryside, deer, door, dress, Edinburgh, fittings, garden, lawn, mistake, rabbit, repair, residence, roll, run, streets, tap, toilet, TPR, wall, water, white, wild, wobble | Leave a comment

A near-drowning in the north sea (Rousse)

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I almost drowned. When we fell into the sea he was lucky enough to be carrying a small dinghy. Even so I first to swim to the harbour wall and clamber up the green metal ladder to the … Continue reading →

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Insensitive weekend drug dealers (Rousse)

Posted on August 23, 2015 by Dreamaticus

I spent the working day at my portable desk on pavement on the north side of Princes Street. It had a convenient storage slot where I kept a big supply of bottled water. One Friday a bunch of ruffians offered … Continue reading →

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New Ullapool-Stornoway ferry service declared ‘hopeless’ as passenger almost drowns (Rousse)

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Dreamaticus

My sister, brother-in-law, nephew, niece and I were all travelling to the Isle of Lewis. The new ferry service was hopeless. My sister made the journey even more miserable for me by refusing access to a change of clothes and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brother-in-law, Caledonian MacBrayne, Calmac, clothes, computer, drown, ferry, journey, nephew, niece, overboard, passenger, service, sister, Stornoway, Ullapool, water | Leave a comment

A new career in catering (Rousse)

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Dreamaticus

After a long career in finance, TF was retraining as a waiter. He practised his new skills in the pupils’ dining room at George Watson’s College, Edinburgh. His daughter K helped, serving water at the table from a chipped yellow … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged career, catering, chipped, dining, Edinburgh, finance, George Watson's College, glug, jug, New, practise, room, serve, skills, table, waiter, water | Leave a comment

Bath time surprise (Rousse)

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Dreamaticus

I left TPR tidying up the tiny downstairs study and ran upstairs to check on the water. Just through the door I saw XX lower his bulk into the bath. ‘That’s strange’, I thought, ‘Wasn’t he fast asleep on the … Continue reading →

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Hebridean pursuits: cycling, flying, and wildlife (Rousse)

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Dreamaticus

We met the French cyclists when they came off the North Uist ferry. Exhausted and soaked, they were not happy tourists. We agreed that the Hebridean weather was not the easiest and, as illustration, I demonstrated how I could launch … Continue reading →

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Scary nuns and a transsexual (Rousse)

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Dreamaticus

This was a convent with a difference: none of the nuns dressed in habits. They were still scary, however. I was terrified when I accidentally got tangled up in the hose from their washing machine, tugged it out of the … Continue reading →

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Canadian cousins, bathers, a family row, and South Yorkshire pop bands in Whitby (Rousse)

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Dreamaticus

My sister J planned an ambitious itinerary for the visit of our Canadian cousins N and D. I doubted that it were possible to squeeze everything into a single day. I was proved right in Whitby. It would never be … Continue reading →

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