Poor behaviour at 60th birthday party shocker

August 9, 2010

tags: angloinfo, Bigger Picture, Cote D Azur, Currencies Direct, fr2day, Golf in Valbonne, Living In France

I have just seen the manager of Le Pylon sweeping up leaves whilst wearing crocs. I idly wondered if that doyenne of the croc world, Mike Hardacre (with a K) from Anglo Info has camping crocs, and, if so, do they have uses for that other type of camping, and if that were the case, would they be pink?

Le Provencal golf course, formerly known as St Phillippe, before it was purchased by the guys renovating that huge beach complex in Juan Les Pins, was the nine-hole course chosen as the venue for pre lunch golf for Paul Thornton Allan who today enters his 7th decade. The golf course must be 10 miles from the Provencal complex, surely they will not be implying that their complex includes golf? Anyway having witnessed Paul’s golf on several occasions, and at a loss for ideas for a birthday present, I had a brain wave, golf lessons!

In pure net terms, my 44 shots for 9 holes was enough to win it, along with a couple of others, but due to the variable birthday handicap, the tournament was won by Birthday Boy Paul Thornton Allan, with one more point than anyone else.

As organiser, I had previously received strict instructions from the formidable, as she is beautiful, Lisa Thornton Allan, about whom should be victorious, and took the sensible, some may say the cowards option and complied.

The big birthday event duly commenced at lunch yesterday. So much material, so little space. The first of my 5 pictures today, bit of a colour supplement don’t you think? features Bill Colegrave, writer, builder and bon viveur peaking rather too early and taking a short rest between festive events.

Bill Colegrave, "resting between courses". Note the strategically placed glass of wine, so that he would not need to move to be able to continue consumption

I don’t quite know what the Wing Commander (front left) was doing in this picture, nor what Wayne Brown from FR2day thinks about the placement of the Wingco’s hand, but as far as I am aware the police were not required.

Wing Commander Spensley cuddling up to Wayne Brown plus other revellers

However I do know what he is doing in this one!

The Wing Commander, exhausted by his latest sortie, takes a nap

Finally I have a pictures of the Bigger Picture, birthday boy himself, Paul Thornton Allan with Mark Gurdon preposterously dressed in a frilly shirt, which he said was originally intended as a present, but did not pass the fierce quality control measures applied by Mrs Thornton Allan.

Paul Thornton Allan and Englebert Humperdinct

I hear that David Stoyle from Fr2day considers reading this missive as a bit like watching Coronation Street, something that you love to do but would not admit to in polite company.

Today is our last day if camping, so a quiet one, whilst I must pull together all my winter clothing in readiness for my trip to Yorkshire tomorrow. This is a bad enough prospect, but upon my return, the dreaded Banjo will be out of prison kennels, so one source of irritation, discomfort and poor behaviour will be replaced by another.

Chris France

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