Over my lifetime have visited Saint Tropez a good number of times .
Went several times in the late 1960s as a reasonably ‘wealthy’ student and enjoyed the place and their famous tarte .
Not BB the patisserie.
In the early 70s I borrowed a Ford Zephyr/Zodiac and towed my speedboat to the place with a good mate. We were a bit ‘Jack the lads’ back then but could only afford a caravan to stay in ! We did give it a bit large on the partying and one night eating at Hotel Byblos we ‘pulled’ . In truth I was my friends wingman ( not that we used that term back then) but we ended up talking to and drinking with a group of older women. They were models and were on some photoshoot and insisted on taking us into The Caves du Roy. They paid for the bottles of spirits and we bought a few beers ……the prices were unbelievably expensive !
Anyway you might now have guessed that BB was in the club , unfortunately not with our girls or table .
It was an unbelievable late night, early morning and sadly a one off.
Later that holiday we got run out of town by some angry husbands but that’s another story and not relevant…….
In the 80s I took my girlfriend now my wife to St Trop in the black 79 plus 8 along with another friend who drove his Porsche928
He was somewhat miffed that everyone looked at the Morgan and never the Porsche
It was a great holiday and we did our first Night Dive (rare back then) from a dive boat with a diver who had taught Brigitte Bardot to dive and knew her well. The girls decided to stay on deck talking and drinking with another handsome French diver !
The other thing that may ring a bell with St Trop goers of a similar age, was that there was always a rather dilapidated Flat rad Morgan parked in the small square just off the harbour. It was about for some years whenever we visited.
Don’t know if others will agree but apart from the traffic St Trop did not change for the worse over several decades, it can still be fun.
MM
PS BB …baked bean( Bruce)….I can assure you heat and kitchen don’t bother me but rudeness does !
