Club Nights

Birthday Girl N|o1 with remains of fish at The Wave

Most of the rest of the Club

 Here, then, is the detail on the "social whirl" that was September in old Paleo.

 

It began in earnest with the arrival of Charlie and Gabi, who had been unfaithfully going to Spain for quite a few summers, but were lured back to mark forty years since they had met in Paleo. This meant the YiaYia Gaga Club was just about quorate, and a new member was incorporated in the form of Tony who was also a 75-er with plenty of memories.

 

The regular meeting place for late night drinks has moved since the club first met. Yanni's Place has fallen from almost everyone's favour for a host of reasons it would be foolhardy to list, and we have been welcomed warmly at Cosmogonia.

 

....and the continuation at Cosmogonia

In the space of some two weeks there were three occasions for a club party. First, we celebrated Julia's birthday - one year short of a landmark! We met at The Wave, where Eva had organised fizz on arrival and Chris and Jann (the duo of Shades of Gray fame) had been secretly engaged to serenade us. By the end of a very long evening they had also become de facto members and joined us for remaining club nights. Not many members of the public braved the taverna for eating purposes, but many stayed nearby to listen to such gems as "Ernie the Milkman" and "Get your kicks on the A146"!

 

A few days later there was a re-run for Gabi's significant birthday. Sam and Catherine had returned to UK as they still have to work (deep sigh!), but two guests joined us: Mike and Jane who are friends of Julia and Eoin and on their first visit.

 

 

Birthday Girl No2  before the skipping and jiving 

This time there was party stationery courtesy of Jann and both Tony and Charlie did vocal and guitar numbers. Gabi made a mockery of her actual age by skipping with her new rope and jiving to Stones numbers with Alain. Chris and Jann amused for hours - including special versions of classics - such as "Ride around, Gabi" referencing the bikes used to get daily to Anidri.

,,,and the continuation (Guess where!)

Finally, and just before a major wave of departures, Pascale celebrated her birthday a little early to catch us all. This social event involved travel up to Kandanos. We hired a minibus for the 20 minute journey, and there was - of course - community singing starting with "Wheels on the Bus"! We also had a lot of silliness involving party poppers and inflation of balloons.

Temperatures up there are several degrees lower than in Paleo and the pics show more clothing than usual! Pascale had cooked a magnificent meal and there was even some French wine!

In addition to sax and guitar numbers we were treated to Alain on keyboards with renditions of a range of chansons.

(Early) Birthday Girl |No 3 who also cooked her own feast!

,, and the extra entertainment!

 

 

 And after that run of parties things went a bit quiet, although Greyrocks did their own leaving meal at Kapetan Dimitri's, but that belongs with other "end of summer" reportage in the next blog, as does our remote participation in the meeting of the Shropshire sub-branch of the YiaYia Gaga Club for Sam's significant birthday in mid-October!

In spite of young Catherine the mean age of the club must be over 60, and we ought to know better!

As it says on a T-shirt thoughtfully supplied by Chloë :

 

"Adventure before Dementia!"