Nice!
I have only had that much cash on me once in my life. In fact, it was a lot more - £1,000. It was in an envelope and I was handing it over to a friend of a friend to pay for his trip back to India to meet long-lost family. That was about how much I earned in 10 weeks (with overtime) and was taken from the money that I was saving to go to university.
My parents were very unhappy about it. They had never had that much cash available to them and had had to live with my grandparents for 6 years after the war before they could afford to start their own home. They had visions of the lad running off with the money.
Yes, I was young and trusting - I didn't know the guy very well, I didn't ask for a receipt and I only asked him to match the interest that I would have got from the bank. I told him that if he didn't pay me back, he would be responsible for me not going to university the following year. We shook hands on it, and off he went to book his flight.
That was that. He took my money and ran. I never heard from him again ...
... for months! Then a postcard arrived from India. It was the trip of a lifetime and thanks so much for making it possible etc. The card had taken nearly a month to arrive and was nearly outpaced by its sender. I got a call from him a couple of days later - he was back. His family had given him the money so he repaid his debt and everyone was happy.
I am skint these days, but if I had the money in the bank and another friend of a friend asked to borrow a grand to pay for a holiday, I would be happy to say to them ...
"What do you think I am, a bleedin' bank - get a job and save the money yourself!" 
