ON Sunday March 22, I went to visit my favourite place, Durdle Door on the Jurassic Coast of Dorset.
Parking fees are £7 regardless of how long you plan to stay, so I parked on the verge of the road outside alongside many other vehicles and then I walked the extra mile.
When I returned to my car, a few hours later, someone had used a screwdriver to force the passenger window frame & smash the glass so that they could steal my handbag which was on the floor.
I went into a rigid kind of shock as I realised that life would be rather difficult without the contents of my handbag.
Once the glass had been cleared from the seats I drove home and reported the incident to the police and my bank.
Today Monday March 23 the full effects of this violation are hitting me like rolling thunderclaps.
I will have to pay the first £100 in “excess” on the car repairs.
I will lose my no claims bonus for two years.
There was £100 in savings tucked away in that handbag, to go towards the road tax, due at the end of March - as well as £10 in cash in the purse.
My “personal items” insurance only covers £100.
So the handbag itself, purse, camera, mobile phone and other sundry items are not covered.
To replace my home locks will cost another £150 pounds (yep, my house keys went too).
To replace my driving licence - another £20.
To replace my bus pass - another £7.
Mobile phone? Camera? Probably at least another £100.
And I am sure the list will grow.
The thunderclap initiated by those selfish thieves will take me, a pensioner, months of financial cut-backs and scrimping to recover from - while they have probably spent the cash and tossed the rest in the trash and right now they are searching for their next victim.
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