Lunch with 98 year-old Aunt Beth at Bather’s Pavilion on Balmoral Beach

t pays to have your wits about you when out to lunch with your 98 year-old aunt, and to pre-warn the staff that dear Beth’s deafness causes voice to be very loud and not one to be backward in making her wishes known.

Beth greeted the most delicate amuse bouche by asking the poor waitress to hurry up with the meal. Fortunately, there was no comment about the wine poured to the standard serve line like at our last outing when she told the waiter in a very loud voice “Keep pouring”!

Thankfully, on this occasion at Bather's Pavilion on Balmoral Beach, Aunt did not tell the most charming lady maitre d to 'keep pouring' as she did at the top of her voice the last time we went to lunch at the Park Hyatt.

Good friend Juanita came along to lend a hand with the logistics of getting Beth in and out of the car. and to add sparkle to the conversation.

A lovely lunch – so close to Balmoral Beach we could hear the waves breaking on the sand!