Its one thing to find a Graham Preston lookalike on the flight over here(see previous blog) ..its another thing to find the real Claude Gilbert here in person in Nepal........working undercover as a waiter in the Bakery Cafe. Apparently Claude pops over here working two weeks on and two weeks off(flying home for his down time,,,,that's quite a commute really)Claude did not recognise Iain or myself at first as we were disguised as official Nepalese Officials
When we took our hats off and revealed our identity Claude was really surprised to see us amongst a party of about 40 including folk from FCG,Iteen and KCW for a meal in the cafe. After initially denying his identity and trying to speak in bad Nepalese( which sounded more like Gaelic ) we had to confront him with the three photos secretly taken by Gemma during the evening and one from home.These he admitted confirmed his identity and he confessed to the work pattern mentioned above! He asked me not to blow his cover so I promised not to put anything on facebook!
Everyone could then relax...Claude left to catch the last flight out of Kathmandu via Bahrain(who knows what he does there!) and home to London.....................and we were left to enjoy the rest of our end of Conference meal.........
Genius! I always wondered where Claude disappeared to during the week.
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