Tag Archives: bank

A9 accident thieves (Rousse)

Posted on June 28, 2025 by Dreamaticus

Following the accident on the A9, TPR pushed our Peugeot 205 into a nearby car park. We should have been more aware of our surroundings when a family of four, plus dogs, forced their way into our car and started … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 205, A9, accident, account, bank, car park, dog, dogs, family, fuel, money, Peugeot, police, robber, robbers, thief, thieves, TPR | Leave a comment

Curious rucksack contents (Rousse)

Posted on June 8, 2025 by Dreamaticus

I grabbed my rucksack and followed my Canadian colleague BD out the door. If this was the last time that we were together, I wanted to be with him as long as I could. We walked across the big public … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged airport, back, bank, beach, breast, Canadian, consultation, cutlery, dinner, embassy, hospital, ivory, nurse, park, party, rucksack, stone, student | Leave a comment

The six-inch shrunken body of Queen Victoria and illegal car manoeuvres (Rousse)

Posted on September 8, 2024 by Dreamaticus

The old man cradled the six-inch shrunken body of Queen Victoria, then offered to lend me his hire car. This was perfect. Now I would be able to reach the river and take a lovely walk. I conveniently forgot that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bank, body, bridge, car, illegal, park, parking, Queen Victoria, river, shrink, shrunk, TPR | Leave a comment

An accidental heiress (Rousse)

Posted on January 10, 2024 by Dreamaticus

My friend the accidental heiress had no idea what to do with her fortune. I suggested that a good start would be to open a bank account. Then she would be able to clear her flat of the wads of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged accidental, account, bank, bill, dollar, floor, fortune, heiress, wad | Leave a comment

A snogging millionaire (Rousse)

Posted on September 5, 2023 by Dreamaticus

Sick of listening to BP bleating on about my financial precarity, I invited him to leave the table and follow me outside. ‘There is no need for you to concern yourself about my fiscal position. It is, in fact, very … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged account, bank, dress, finances, fiscal, kiss, million, millionaire, passion, precarity, snog, snogging | Leave a comment

Cake and a corpse at the bank (Rousse)

Posted on July 5, 2023 by Dreamaticus

I stepped off the bus, annoyed that I hadn’t checked the proximity of the stop to my ultimate destination. Now I had quite a long walk back along the main road. On the street, I noticed that a delivery of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bag, bank, body, bus, cabinet, cake, corpse, doll, door, free, gift, manager, pram, shroud, stop, wheelchair | Leave a comment

David Bowie imposter financial scam (Rousse)

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Dreamaticus

I couldn’t believe my luck when David Bowie befriended me on holiday. We sat at a picnic table in the sunshine to leaf through his sketchbook while discussing his musical influences. He was so caring that he even arranged for … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bank, card, credit, David Bowie, fake, hotel. train, imposter, PA, picnic, safe, scam, sketchbook, suite, TPR | Leave a comment

Reckless driving on the River Tweed (Rousse)

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Dreamaticus

My father was super-impressed that my school friend PM (was PS) owned the land that ran from the back of her house all the way to the River Tweed. ‘Is the bank solid?’ he asked, as he inched the wheels … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bank, death, driving, Facebook, ledge, Range Rover, reckless, river, sand, show-off, tweed, water | Leave a comment

Cash-collecting criminal caught on CCTV (Rousse)

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Dreamaticus

I added to my fortune whenever I paid a visit to the cash dispenser just outside Edinburgh’s Balmoral Hotel. Here each morning on my way to work, I pretended to make a transaction. In reality, I was picking up wads … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged arrest, Balmoral, bank, cash, CCTV, criminal, dispenser, Edinburgh, hotel, note, satchel, TPR | Leave a comment

Lettuce, a lorry, and Looney Tunes (Rousse)

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Belle was in town (hurrah!) but she was leaving on the next train (boo!) When she confessed to me that she had arrived two days ago to stay in her Edinburgh New Town pied à terre I did my best … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bag, balance, bank, Belle, coin, council, disappointment, Drummond Place, Edinburgh, friendly, Garmin, generous, gift, lettuce, Looney Tunes, lorry, meter, New Town, pied-à-terre, screen, snow, touchy--feely, watch | Leave a comment