Duckers & Diving: Spend, spend, spend

THIS week our award-winning columnist reveals the spending exploits of lottery winner Tony “large red wine please” Flanagan

I hear that society photographer Tony Flanagan has just blown a big lottery win.

Decided to treat partner Yvonne to a posh meal at the swanky Brockencote Hall, at Chaddesley Corbett, owned by Sir Peter Rigby.

A successful night – the boy is still salivating over the food.

Lots of most unlike Flan adjectives like “exquisite” – words I hadn’t realised were in his vernacular.

Nice service from the Portuguese waitress.

Just a little hiccup when it came to pay the bill.

She returns to inform our gourmet that very unfortunately his card has been rejected.

And, doing a double check, he discovers the meal came to £22,720 – a touch steep even for the Brockencote’s reputation.

Flanagan goes ashen, but eventually the minor difficulty is all sorted out by the manager after it seems a slight issue with a decimal point being in the wrong place.

Phew!

And how much was this massive lottery win?

All of £6.20!

“It just about paid for the olives,” quips the snapper.