Marj Simpson imposter shocker

June 21, 2010

tags: Cote D Azur, Creative Village, Currencies Direct, Ex Pats Golf, Food & wine, fr2day, Golf in Valbonne, Living In France, Moving To France, Paul Thornton Allan, Secret Dinner Club

The tradition amongst the Landlubbers golf group, now growing due almost certainly to the drip feed of publicity provided by this column, is for each player to contribute 5 euros to the winners fund, with the winner buying the drinks. This of course is a poisoned chalice given the ability of some to consume at the bar.

This arrangement of course has suited me well in the past as there is usually a high handicap bandit who wins with a score out of the reach of us proper golfers. However, just occasionally a good golfer has a great day as was the case yesterday and so with a happy heart I headed for the bar after my thrashing of, well, everybody to take some well deserved refreshment. The usual suspects did their very best to reduce the bar stocks (and here a special mention must go out, as is customary, to Paul Duffy) but the joy of winning was sufficient to offset the likely shortfall between winnings and bar bill. What I had not bargained for that Nancy Weston, treasurer of the money had left early after being caught in a shower! thus leaving me with an enormous bar bill and no winnings. And this, after manfully playing through some inclement weather for which I am rightly renowned for hating! Bitter sweet victory indeed!

My picture today is of Marj Simpson at the red radish event on Saturday, stories from which I am gradually remembering, such as Mr Soni who suffering a medical problem a few years ago had to be taken back to the UK by ambulance accompanied by a nurse, and so the old charmer broke open the old spice, shaved everything including his head and waited for the no doubt voluptuous and alluring young nurse to arrive and tend to his every need on the long journey back. Bearded and tattooed Nigel the nurse was not what he was expecting! I was reminded of “making plans for Nigel” as XTC (whom I once paid £10 to play a gig in Aylesbury) memorably intoned…

Marj Simpson impersonator in Chateauneuf

And so to a late lunch with some pals, including Paul Thornton Allan, of creative village our host, who is renowned for his wonderful exhibition systems, and who so memorably made an exhibition of himself on Saturday night. Also amongst those lunching is the carefree Michael Walker, also pictured today and in is usual gay pose, who reveals that he will go to Australia in autumn, a case of forsaking the Lancastrian land of tundra for the land down under?

Michael walker in typical gay pose in soft focus shot with extra gay shirt

Also at lunch famous local sailor Pete “Blue Water” Bennett reveals that he was once a navigator an early 70 metre yacht, and showed that ability by negotiating his way through a number of excellent Bourgognes and Bordeaux supplied by Mr & Mrs Thornton Allan and house guest Clive, owner of The Barometer bar in Meribel. There’s a joke I am missing here somewhere about the dropping glass of a barometer when stormy weather approaches and the mishandling of wine glasses, but I just can’t put my finger on it!

Finally, I hear one new golfing expression as told to me by John O Sullivan; “A first cousin” which refers to when you are right up there, you enjoyed it but you know you shouldn’t have!

Chris France

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