Rock N Roll positions everybody!

I hear from long-suffering old friend Lise Davies who is looking for a group for a party.  I say long-suffering as she is married to one Nick Davies who is renowned for his inability to retain decorum (or indeed often his clothing) in the face of strong drink.  Strong for Nick is some 2 glasses of wine and a sniff of the barmaids apron (actually that could be literal…but again I digress) poor Lisa has on more than one occasion had to rugby tackle him to the ground to stop him removing all his clothing whilst in an alcohol induced  kind of bohemian hippy festival spirit.  The most high-profile occasion of which I am aware being a birthday party lunch at renowned restaurant Cinquante Cinq in St Tropez last year.  For all that, he is a  fascinating man and a great character with a wealth of stories and is extremely fit for his age,  which he will not reveal, or rather will allow people to underestimate,  and is still playing tennis with the best of us, although modesty forbids me to reveal who won when we last played – but it wasnt him!  I mention this because business commitments with his company Max Reynolds (which I believe are of a similar nature to those undertaken by Mr North – but on a far more successful scale!) are taking the family away to the far east so they are selling their lovely home, once the home of one of the champagne dynasties, details of which can be found at www.www.peyloubet.com  They will be sorely missed. 

Backbreaking work yesterday by my good self  to help the wife to near completion of “her” new terrace, as my “work in progress” picture below shows.  

New terrace takes shape

Obviously I have done all the hard work, she has just put a few stones in place and will doubtless claim the credit as usual. 

off to book into the Beau Rivage Hotel in Nice to prepare for the festivities tonight.  I hope to be able to bring you a full report on the debauchery tomorrow 

Chris France 

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