Tag Archives: posh

Saturday night discos at Edinburgh airport (Rousse)

Posted on September 27, 2022 by Dreamaticus

The posh man to the left of me asked if we would be going to the Saturday night disco at Edinburgh airport. He assured me that the music would be to our tastes – but then I realised that I … Continue reading →

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Clubbing with David Mitchell (Rousse)

Posted on June 17, 2022 by Dreamaticus

Having met David Mitchell at his posh private members’ club, I wanted to repay the favour. Would taking him along to the premises of the Royal Society of Edinburgh suffice, I wondered?

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Posing in a posh car in Cardiff (Rousse)

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Dreamaticus

Wealthy TV producer RJ invited me and a couple of others for a ride round town in his enormous car. The vehicle was a huge black and chrome gas guzzler with room for at least nine passengers. As guest of … Continue reading →

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An ancestor in oil (Rousse)

Posted on September 28, 2018 by Dreamaticus

The famous art critic presented a slide of an eighteenth century oil painting of a lady in a posh dress and hat. As soon as he revealed her her name, I was convinced that she was one of my ancestors. … Continue reading →

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Champagne-guzzling errant husband is useless at packing (Rousse)

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Dreamaticus

TPR and his sister SG had broken off from our main party to take seats in the hotel’s poshest bar. When I spotted them they were working their way through an elaborate Champagne tasting tray, the most expensive item on … Continue reading →

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Hexham cocktail bar kidnapping (Rousse)

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Dreamaticus

My mother and sister S ordered cocktails at £150 a shot in a posh bar in Hexham. I knocked the drinks over because they had been delivered to a brown leather sofa cushion. When I complained to the staff that … Continue reading →

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To Hexham for celebrities, and to Perth for the pantomime (Rousse)

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Dreamaticus

A crowd of posh pensioners carrying cameras obstructed my way as I attempted to drive my little buggy (illegally) along the pavement of Temperley Place, Hexham. They had their long lenses fixed on a doorway, in eager anticipation of snapping … Continue reading →

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Plumbing catastrophe (Rousse)

Posted on August 10, 2017 by Dreamaticus

The poshest restaurant in town did not supply enough waste paper baskets – so everyone threw their rubbish down the lavatories, thus causing a plumbling catastrophe.

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In-law social climbers (Rousse)

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Dreamaticus

My in-laws were terrible social climbers. They forced me and my husband to enter a cycling race that – if we won – would reward us with a job placement with some posh person. (Of course, it was highly unlikely … Continue reading →

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A fellow millionaire (Rousse)

Posted on March 25, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I picked up the call on my mobile in the car. ‘Congratulations’ said the posh man, ‘You have won £1,000,000’. ‘Who is this?’ I asked. ‘I’m phoning from the Royal Society of Edinburgh. All Fellows are automatically entered into our … Continue reading →

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