Have a late breakfast and then meet up with the Spoofing birthday party in the town square. It is Poynton’s 60th birthday today and he is dressed in Spoofing blazer and panama. The birthday party has been cruising the Med. The party are being ferried off shore to the harbour in a small landing craft – people arrive in dribs and drabs, as the weather has turned with a force 7/8 imminent, people are left on the ship. The party on land are told to immediately return to the ship which is sailing shortly for Monte Carlo. The group decide terra firma is a far better option and stay. The Spoofing Boule competition is played out – with CT partnering Murray (NZ), they exit on the second round. I chat with long lost pals, Ashley and wife (Eng), Lucinda and husband (SA), Schwaz and Helen (NZ), Stan Giles (NZ), Mike Staley (UAE), Bruce Cameron and his wife (NZ), Haughton (Eng) and Joe Flaherty (Scot), Richard Moore (Fr), Bunter (Eng - suffering from Whiskey jet lag and who has left Sankey and Pemble on the ship) Marais and Sue have arrived (travelled by car from Narbonne), Trendy (Eng), Ron and Wendy (Eng), Evert (SA), Campbell and Basil (SA), Miller and wife (Eng), Nelly and wife (Eng) plus pals......... Had lunch with David Durrell (Eng) and his new wife who is from Newcastle and Schwaz and Helen. David is less than sober but as always on good form. The final days play of the Ryder Cup is on the TV and Europe absolutely hammer the USA – great victory and great craic in the bar. We all retreat to a restaurant hosting the birthday dinner. A really good evening with speeches and toasts and finally fond farewells – the birthday party has to hire taxis to drive them to Monte Carlo to catch up with the boat – we walk 10 minutes back to our hotel (smug or what!).   more »