More Sheep Shenanigans

June 20, 2010

tags: Cote D Azur, Ex Pats Golf, Food & wine, Radish Events, Valbonne

Before the party last night, I spent some time organising the logistics of golf tomorrow. Steve Weston, the well know sheep fancier, sends this email “You do know its going to be a little damp tomorrow. We guessed you would cry off so we had planned to wear outrageous clothes and swap pictures of sheep. Do we have to abandon those plans now?” I am at a loss to understand how he could believe that there are many amongst us who would enjoy playing top trumps with pictures of sheep, perhaps he knows something I don’t? actually, now I come to think of it, he may have a point, I will not name names, but Paul Duffy, Mick Pedley and Dave Goddard have always looked rather sheepish to me…, and so I will publish again Steves favourite sheep picture

Dolly? cloned or just cossetted?

And so to the red radish beach party, or a change of venue brought on by the unseasonal weather? As I wrote this at 4pm, there was still no certainty. All I knew is that Bluebell the camper has 55 folded seats on board, awaiting final delivery instructions, but the huge storm approaching from the mountains has won, and with disappointment tinged with relief the venue has changed to Lucy’s house, a lovely spot anyway, but with renters due in at 10am this morning, a stupendous risk ! Mike Hardaker was one half of the musical entertainment, and proceeded to play “wish You were Here” as sola, a feat that he promised to do, and I watched and never want to see again. however, he refused requests (from me) to do a soils Bohemian Rhapsody, now that would have been something! And to crown the evening Lucy’s Paella was the best I have ever tasted.

And what a party it turned out to be!, once again a very rich in material for this blog event. I have a number of notes which I sent to myself by email which means that I will not be able to use all the material today! For instance, I have a picture of Michael Walker with an appalling shirt in a gay pose, I have a picture of Paul Thornton Allan doing a great Marj Simpson impersonation with a Jasmin bush, I am reminded that Dilip Soni was once given a saucy calendar and expressed the opinion that Miss February was very attractive but all the others were slappers, without realising that the calendar was of the same girl in different poses! Mr John O Sullivan was in attendance but this time with cigars albeit purchased not by himself but by his deliciously well endowed wife, Jude, and Soraya Colegrave regaled us all with stories about a full body massage, but I simple don’t remember the details, how annoying or perhaps I do and will reveal them on a different occasion – I think the war chest of potential blackmail items was swelled enormously!

And then to golf this morning, when Dilip received a whipping losing ny 15 shots despite a 10 shot start, and gruff northerner Dave Goddard suffering another whipping. A picture of me holding the trophy with 2 10 euro notes stuck on my forehead, but modesty forbids its immediate publication, I have far too many pictures in store that I am desperate to use before that! More tomorrow about both events….

Chris France

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