Tag Archives: yellow

London runner saved by the kindness of strangers (Rousse)

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Dreamaticus

TPR ran ahead of me, clearly appalled at my lack of athleticism. If that was how he felt, I would just give up. I stopped for a while and read the discarded Argos catalogue that I picked out of the … Continue reading →

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A catering nightmare with Ambrosia Devon custard (Rousse)

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Dreamaticus

The house was packed with guests, all of whom expected a pudding after their main course. What would I serve them? I had nothing planned. Then I remembered that we had a few bananas and some Ambrosia Devon custard in … Continue reading →

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Badger cull targets head north of the border to attack household pets (Rousse)

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Something yellow and blue was peeping out of the undergrowth in our back garden. Was it a parrot? Yes, a parrot, in Edinburgh, at the tail end of summer! I ran to the kitchen to grab the camera only to … Continue reading →

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“Ali Baba” is main suspect in poisoning case (Rousse)

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Dreamaticus

The evidence of the prince’s poisoning was right there in front of me: a spent yellow-green serpent lay on the ground. I suspected that the culprit was the foreign man in the red and gold velvet Ali Baba costume.

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Luxury yellow bathroom is no substitute for missing wife (Rousse)

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Now that it was the fashion to return to university to repeat your first degree, I found myself back at the University of Birmingham reading French. However, by the end of first year I was struggling to study and hold … Continue reading →

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Rousse’s New York Rolls Royce ride

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I was not normally impressed by cars, but when JG’s New York gangster father drew up in a yellow chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce I could not wait to leap inside and go for a ride with all his cronies.

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Ronnie Corbett and Helen Mirren to star in Four weddings remake (Rousse)

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I pulled myself through the yellow painted railings and dropped to the level below to join the queue for the reception. Our host JT was straight ahead of me, with his colleague and father-in-law GM just behind. The event itself … Continue reading →

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Stockton Sixth Form College students take to the skies and survive the flood (Rousse)

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Very few of the staff who taught me were still now working at the Stockton Sixth Form College. The only teacher that I recognised was Mr X, still sporting his distinctive comb-over. I found ECM queening it over everyone in … Continue reading →

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The bicycle rack thief (Rousse)

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Petty theft in the Scottish highlands was at an all-time high. We came out of our bed and breakfast one sunny morning to discover that someone had stolen the bike rack from the roof of our car. Strangely the yellow … Continue reading →

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1980s fashion disaster looks forward to her birthday (Rousse)

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Dreamaticus

On a Tuesday morning in 1984 I wore a stretchy yellow mini skirt over black and grey hooped tights for our first lecture of the day (linguistics). Seated in the lecture theatre with my fellow undergraduates, I pretended that I … Continue reading →

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