Boule
VulcanSpirit
Richard & Alison Brunstrom
Fri 25 Feb 2011 23:50
One of our best purchases so far has been a set of
boules with which to play petanque, bought on La Palma in the Canaries. There
are of course no proper pitches here, even on the French islands, but the
beaches provide a varied and challenging terrain. The game seen here in full
swing on Pigeon Beach Antigua features three players and a referee, all clearly
suffering from middle age spread. Left to right: me, Christine Shepherd, Clive
Wigglesworth displaying the world's worst swimming costume (now condemned
and safely in the bin) and Liz Wigglesworth. The referee is needed all too
frequently resolve disputes in these hotly contested games by measuring the
distance between the 'jack' and the two nearest
boules.
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