The tip, a meeting of minds

With that nice lady decorator having one of her “I hate the world days”, I decided to busy myself with domestic chores like going to the tip. That is not where I normally hang out trying to get a game of tennis but that is what happened.

John Mundell, a comparatively new but very satisfied customer of Currencies Direct , was similarly occupied, and received a call whilst at said tip from one of his tennis 4 cancelling his game at 11.00am. As it was by now around 10.15, the chances of finding a fourth were slim. Now, because of that nice lady decorator’s volcanic bad temper, I was looking for an excuse to exit the house for the day, and what better way than a game of tennis in the sunshine followed by an extended lunch at Auberge St Donat? I can think of very little that surpasses that in my book, thus I accepted gratefully the invitation to play tennis, and eschew morning coffee at church (Cafe Latin)

The reason for her siesmic bad mood? Well, as far as I can remember, after I had refused the offer to go and see the film in Valbonne the night before last, I had a mild disagreement with her yesterday morning about how to deal with the small leak we have in our swimming pool, which ended up with me suggesting that discussion was irrelevant as she had clearly decided what the best course of action was to be.

Then, I made the cardinal error of opening the grated cheese packet at the wrong end, so obviously I was entirely to blame for the apoplectic bad tempered behaviour she exhibited and the disgraceful language that was aimed at not just me but at any member of the family stupid enough to be in bed at 8.30am, meaning my son James.

I know some of you will suspect that this is a flimsy excuse for breaking my vow of temperance for the week, but there is only so much a man can take. Plus when you add skiing on Tuesday – it is against the law of France to ski without at least one drink inside you – the several pints of Guinness last night and another alcoholic aberration on Wednesday, the whole week of alcohol avoidance was already in tatters, my considered conclusion was that it was better to regroup and to plan again for next week.

the menu at Auberge St Donay

My picture today is of the menu at the afore-mentioned Auberge; a fixed menu as you can see of paella, following a salad de chef, a dessert, coffee and a 1/4 of wine. As regulars, we understand that the wine ration is a fleeting concept, and in fact, wine is supplied until we are thereafter incapable. This represents very good value to us tennis sorts. But I hear you ask, what was the result of the tennis? In truth I do not recall, I do remember that I had a very convivial tennis match with some dear friends and that we subsequently had a very good lunch, that’s all.

Chris France
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