Friday the 13th.  Unlucky for some?   Not for San Fran Sean.   Oh no, he's been celebrating Friday the 13th's for 29 years.... 

We met in Hong Kong a few years ago and he hosts a party every Friday 13th at a local venue wherever he is in the world.   The invite landed in my electronic pigeon hole the other day:

Over the years I have been celebrating these Friday 13th's in various places in the world that I have happened to be at the time... starting in London in 1977... Italy, Germany, Mexico, Singapore, the U.S. (mostly San Francisco), Pt. Barrow-300 miles north of the Arctic Circle, and more recently in Hong Kong, Vancouver and Miami. Now I am back in San Francisco to celebrate, my 50th Friday 13th and my own peculiar homage to Bollinger Champagne!!!...

His logic is that everyone is worried that it will be a bad day.  So what better way to brighten things up than by having a party.  With Champage.   Only Champagne.   And he pays.   As long as you drink Bollinger Champagne.   The rules are easy: the party ends when either, he has no more money, or their is no more Bolly, or he has expired.

We'll be raising a glass tonight Sean!

Had a splendid day out in the country yesterday at The Shooting Ground, run by Holland & Holland near Ruislip.   Invite courtesy of Rocky at Connum, Grabbit and Run (law firm - there's a clue in the name - sorry chaps).

The day started well as I managed to navigate my way there across London without getting lost and wasn't even late.  Result.

A small group, divided into three teams, we went off with an instructor and smacked a few clays at various stands.   Some good tuition - keeping both eyes open was the best advice I had - rather than both closed as one of the other chaps said...very witty.

After coffee we went out again - this time with a scorecard - and then had a final flurry with 4 guns at a time and a mass of incoming birds.

All good fun.   Top gun was 29 points.. I managed 28 (tying with a team member) and was happy with that.   Looking forward to testing my newly acquired skills on the 21st - our last shoot of the season.