dinner thinghy goodwood 12/7/13
Discussion
I took She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed to the Grand Ball that kicked off the F-o-S last year.
It wasn't cheap.
The reception was superb, we entered through the pavilion that was hosting the up-market car auction over the weekend. Decent champagne was handed out at the door with attractive young ladies circulating to top you up,I was thirsty and did well here. Nice canapes too. We meandered around the lovely cars on show enjoying the sights and bestowing criticism upon, or admiring, the get ups that other guests had pitched up in, it's a black tie/ball gown affair but some of the outfits were of a decidedly chavvy, cheap, unsuitable or downright fancy-dress standard, mind you there was some very tasty stuff on offer too.
The dining seating plan is at the far end of the aforementioned pavilion, it's worth sussing that out plenty early otherwise you are obliged join an enormous queue when dinner is announced.
The seating for dinner was spread through several large rooms on fairly small tables - eight seated at ours, I was lucky to get an interesting chap next to me, my wife on the other side was less fortunate, she got a very well off older chap with his imported younger bimbo in tow, they spent all evening looking into each others eyes. The interior of Goodwood House is absolutely first rate, a lovely place to be.
Raffle tickets on sale during the meal. Twenty quid a ticket, well it's for charridee, so who cares?
The food itself was adequate, just, with quite poorly trained waiting staff and only just OK table wine, in limitless quantities.
After supper we all trooped out to the lawns in front of Goodwood house to be royally entertained by various Lotus cars (including an F1) tearing up and down the track and pulling some amazing stunts & burning lots of pungent rubber.That was brilliant. There's then a speech from Charles March and the unveiling of the F-o-S theme sculpture, with puny fireworks, the finale of that bit was a Lotus F1 car,upon which the engineer played 'God Save The Queen' on it's engine about two feet from where I was standing. One of the best things I've ever, ever experienced. You really don't know loud until you've done this.Big grin factor.
After supper there's live music to bop to, which was excellent. And a free bar, which was a tight squeeze to get to. mind you by that time I was so inebriated it was just as well I couldn't get there too often. Apparently at the horsey people Ball last year they had Paloma Faith entertaining them, mind you she stormed off, couldn't take the constructive criticisms.
Carriages at midnight I seem to vaguely remember. Our hire car (black & shiny)collected us from the gravel sweep in front of the house, and I wasn't sick on the way home. Had a quiet day the next day though.
If you can go. Do.
It wasn't cheap.
The reception was superb, we entered through the pavilion that was hosting the up-market car auction over the weekend. Decent champagne was handed out at the door with attractive young ladies circulating to top you up,I was thirsty and did well here. Nice canapes too. We meandered around the lovely cars on show enjoying the sights and bestowing criticism upon, or admiring, the get ups that other guests had pitched up in, it's a black tie/ball gown affair but some of the outfits were of a decidedly chavvy, cheap, unsuitable or downright fancy-dress standard, mind you there was some very tasty stuff on offer too.
The dining seating plan is at the far end of the aforementioned pavilion, it's worth sussing that out plenty early otherwise you are obliged join an enormous queue when dinner is announced.
The seating for dinner was spread through several large rooms on fairly small tables - eight seated at ours, I was lucky to get an interesting chap next to me, my wife on the other side was less fortunate, she got a very well off older chap with his imported younger bimbo in tow, they spent all evening looking into each others eyes. The interior of Goodwood House is absolutely first rate, a lovely place to be.
Raffle tickets on sale during the meal. Twenty quid a ticket, well it's for charridee, so who cares?
The food itself was adequate, just, with quite poorly trained waiting staff and only just OK table wine, in limitless quantities.
After supper we all trooped out to the lawns in front of Goodwood house to be royally entertained by various Lotus cars (including an F1) tearing up and down the track and pulling some amazing stunts & burning lots of pungent rubber.That was brilliant. There's then a speech from Charles March and the unveiling of the F-o-S theme sculpture, with puny fireworks, the finale of that bit was a Lotus F1 car,upon which the engineer played 'God Save The Queen' on it's engine about two feet from where I was standing. One of the best things I've ever, ever experienced. You really don't know loud until you've done this.Big grin factor.
After supper there's live music to bop to, which was excellent. And a free bar, which was a tight squeeze to get to. mind you by that time I was so inebriated it was just as well I couldn't get there too often. Apparently at the horsey people Ball last year they had Paloma Faith entertaining them, mind you she stormed off, couldn't take the constructive criticisms.
Carriages at midnight I seem to vaguely remember. Our hire car (black & shiny)collected us from the gravel sweep in front of the house, and I wasn't sick on the way home. Had a quiet day the next day though.
If you can go. Do.
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