Cafe Provencal, Herne Hill - no service, poor attitude, slack staff

[Horsebox]

Phil, sadly none of those materials you list are ideal for petanque - def not turf or shingle (check out Balls Brothers at London Bridge / Hayes Galleria for how not to construct a piste). Have never played on sand but can't imagine that it would make for a particularly good game. I've played on many different surfaces but my choice would be something similar to RedGra football pitch or crushed gravel (see Brockwell Park).

According to the experts at www.petanque.org:

The surface is important. A loose surface such as gravel (10mm to dust ) is preferred since its properties tend to hold the Boules back from rolling too far.

---------------

There you go. Having said that, it's worth checking out The Leather Bottle pub in Earlsfield. They have a terrain which is,for the most part, playable. You might be able to pick up a few pointers on construction from the owners?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Oh this sounds immense fun. Petanque in Peckham. Can we throw down the gauntlet to that ED lot?

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Sounds Good.

The'll soon be a positive proliferation, nae plethora, of Petanque Players in Peckham, Putney, Primrose Hill, Plaistow and Plumstead in this Poplar pastime....

[woofmarkthedog]

Possibly, preferably, potentially, pineapple pocupine

[Horsebox]

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Oh this sounds immense fun. Petanque in Peckham.

> Can we throw down the gauntlet to that ED lot?

Bring it on, PGC! We'll play for the piste and Bragging rights. First to 13 points wins, try not to kiss any fanny ;-)