I love eating dinners out – and I rarely lunch, but when I do, it’s with family or friends and it’s (as Sally Bowles told us in Cabaret) Divinely Decadent.

Last week we did the business at Beckwood.

The Ensemble:

Joseph Royle:

–    Manchester City, Everton and England Footballer and goal scorer.

–    Manager of Manchester City – taking us from Division 2 to the Premiership, Everton and Ipswich.  Full time Liverpool Wit.

Peter Reid:

–    Cultural Attaché to Huyton (!).

–    Manchester City, Everton, Bolton and England midfield dynamo (and named 4^th best player in the world in 1985 just behind Maradona and Platini).

–    Manager of Manchester City, Sunderland and subject of fan chant ‘Cheer up Peter Reid’.

Brian Ashton:

–    Rugby player – Lancashire, the North of England, Barbarians and England.

–    Inspirational, free-thinking coach of Bath, Ireland and England and my co-Chairman of the LRGS Black Sheep Club

Darren Royle:

–    Exec Chairman of Wigan Athletic.

Jonathan Jackson:

–    CEO of Wigan Athletic Football Club.

Dave Bennetts, Barry Parsonage and Eric Rigg:

–    Friends since primary school and companions in arms at Lancaster Royal Grammar School and The Vale of Lune RUFC.

The Programme:

1pm      Drinks in our own Lancastrian pub

3pm      Lunch in the Dining Room, Beckwood

7pm      ‘Name That Tune’ (!) in The Lancastrian pub

10pm     End of Decadent Lunch

The Chef:

Nick Foster – late of The Drunken Duck, now his own boss and private chef in the Lakes and North West Lancashire.  Visit him at www.nickfostercatering.co.uk.

Here are Nick’s sample menus: https://www.nickfostercatering.co.uk/dinner-parties.

All washed down with local beers (Bluebird Bitter, Lancaster Blonde and Lakeland Gold), 1995 Château Montrose, 1990 Château d’Yquem and Sandeman’s 40 year old Tawny.

Cheer Up Peter Reid!!!!

KR