VIP BBQ: BRAD PITT AND SIR JOHN MILLS IN ATTENDANCE
Earlier today, I had the great honour of officially opening the Beeston Regis Caravan Park Summer Barbecue. It was a very hot day, so I was glad of the white tropical uniform Beryl made me recently.There were several other famous names in attendance - static caravaning seems to attract them - John Mills came over to say hello with his wife Betty (they have a caravan a few doors down from mine, and I sometimes walk their corgis) and Brad Pitt was showing off his new wife Hilary (they don't actually have a caravan on the site, but they must have heard about the free bar and barbecue, and somehow snuck in).
The photo above was taken by fellow park resident, Maurice, who kept leaping out from behind the tents with his Nikon camera, and rattling off a load of shots through his telescopic lens, like I was Princess Diana.
That aside, the day was a great success. The site owner, Timothy Hay, laid the whole thing on, gratis, including an inflatable jousting arena, which, thankfully, I managed to avoid.
And congratulations to Stormin' Norman the groundsman, who received a special prize for his expert lawnmowing on the park - it must take some guts to mow in front of Copeman Palace these days, seeing as it's only six feet from the edge. In fact, some bloke accidentally drove his sit-on mower off the edge of the cliff in Walcott a few months back, but somehow managed to survive the 30ft fall, almost totally unscathed.