PP peeps reunite: The Orchard

Awwww it's the end of an uber-splendid weekend up at The Orchard, Eastbury, scene of the West Housewarming, Sue's bday and Clare's leaving bbq...

Soooo many of my fav. peeps made it to Clare's: Twila, Leo, John, Maria, Keith, Laura and Thomas(made in pp), Jenny and Neill, Sophie (hardcore lady made it down from Edinburgh!), Andy...as well as the West clan, Sue, Peter, Andrew(aka the man, the legend :Adam West made it over from Jersey too), George, Toby and superfast Alfie...

There was the pre-party party including the obligatory humpy hugs from Neill for an unsuspecting Sue, and a copious amount of alc-i-hol did floweth as we descended en masse down the local...





























Come the actual party day, we left poor Maria in bed afflicted with a near-terminal case of vino hangover, Clare had a projectile vom incident upon waking and preparation commenced. Pimms on the lawn, croquet (kudos to Tobi for valliantly attempting to teach these malcontents the actual rules), scones, bbq, trips over to see Jake the horse, some amazing (near-olympian standard)facial gymnastics from Jenny and the odd trip to the local made for a fab, and on ocassion messy weekend:)















































A few personal highlights:

Sophie almost garroting herself as she attempted to dodge the tent guy-ropes...

Jenny deciding the party wasn't over and talking swedish loudly to herself in the bathroom, followed by a thorough search of the kitchen, opening and even ocassionally closing the drawers and cabinets...meaning I put her to bed 4 times!!!

Pete marching straight up to Neill as he was about to take a croquet shot, standing directly in the way and asking "Red wine old boy?" carrying a bottle and glass...