Tag Archives: Yorkshire

A Yorkshire woman in Canada (Rousse)

Posted on February 10, 2018 by Dreamaticus

My cousin NT steered the tiny green car through the snowy Canadian landscape. I doubted that it would make it up the hill without snow chains, but NT was prepared to give it a go. In the end, however, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged born, bred, Canada, car, chain, clean, courage, cousin, elderly, English, hill, kitchen, origin, snow, tea, woman, worktop, Yorkshire | Leave a comment

Unsatisfactory Austrian holiday experience (Rousse)

Posted on September 3, 2017 by Dreamaticus

It was a difficult flight. On several occasions the plane nose-dived and we feared for our lives, so we were relieved when we spotted the helicopter escort that would lead us into the Austrian village. It wasn’t too difficult to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Austria, coach, craft, Dales, helicopter, holiday, hotel, Leyburn, ornament, plane, reception, shelf, shop, tree, turkey, Yorkshire | Leave a comment

The cold Yorkshire pudding diet (Rousse)

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Dreamaticus

TPR gave me a hard stare. How was I ever to lose any weight if I helped myself to cold Yorkshire puddings from the canteen whenever it took my fancy?

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged canteen, cold, hard, lose, pudding, puddings, stare, TPR, weight, Yorkshire | Leave a comment

A dearth of decent restaurants in Harrogate (Rousse)

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Dreamaticus

My step-mother-in-law organised a reunion in Harrogate. For a tourist town it lacked a decent restaurant. We tried two establishments but left each of them before a morsel of food was served simply because the waiting staff failed to come … Continue reading →

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Royston Vasey theme park tricks the tourists (Rousse)

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Dreamaticus

Although we had supposedly travelled south for dozens of miles, the architecture of the towns through which we passed over the course of the whole journey was very similar to that of our starting point in Yorkshire. Even the countryside … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged architecture, Bristol, cheesecake, countryside, cup, dinner, dress up, eremy Dyson, grey, hotel, journey, League of Gentlemen, Mark Gatiss, mist, Reece Shearsmith, Richmond, Royston Vasey, south, Steve Pemberton, tea, teacake, town, towns, trick, village, Yorkshire | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged argument, bands, bathers, Canadian, car, cinema, cousins, disappear, documentary, driver, family, front, high, itinerary, park, pop, row, sea, sights, silent, sister, south, splash, tide, unpopular, walk, water, Whitby, window, Yorkshire | Leave a comment

US air show “disaster” miracle (Rousse)

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I wondered whether a holiday in Scotland was sufficient entertainment for my two girlfriends. However, all my doubts evaporated on our last day when the skies cleared, the sun came out, and we stumbled upon a spectacular air display. We … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Yorkshire

A Yorkshire woman in Canada (Rousse)

Unsatisfactory Austrian holiday experience (Rousse)

The cold Yorkshire pudding diet (Rousse)

A dearth of decent restaurants in Harrogate (Rousse)

Royston Vasey theme park tricks the tourists (Rousse)

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

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