Catslide Party 2012

Our theme was London Underground.

Rosemary came as Maida Vale and I decided to be straightforward and helpful as Mornington Crescent.

Friday evening

Making the London Underground welcome sign

Saturday Morning

Set up Aunt Sally

Move the gazebo into place

Sort out the dart board

Ready the beer

Put the sign on the gate

Saturday Afternoon

Maid and Veil [Rosemary] Maida Vale

People emerge from the underground, representing Norway: Marit and Per

Angel [Gosia] meets The Buskers [Roger and Susan]

Anne with Mike and Jason

The Underground [Jason] and Bakerloo Line [Pat]

Wembley Park [Mike] and West Ham [Honda]

Students from Grange Hill, David and Ann

The Oval [Amanda] and Shepherd's Bush [Nick]

Maid and Veil [Rosemary] meets Made of Ale [Paul]

Mind the Gap [Thomas]

Doll is ill, Dollis Hill [Alison]

Baker Street [Ann] meets Bakerloo Line [Pat]

Oxford Circus [Liz] and the bakers

Canary Wharf [Christianne] and Angel [Gosia]

Paddington Bear [Jim]

Girls in white, White City [Chrissy], Bakerloo Line [Pat] Maida Vale [Rosemary], and Maddie

Shepherd's Bush shows off his bush

The meat is put on the spit

Trainspotter [Vicky] fits Per up with a Norwegian flag face paint

Mornington Crescent [Chris] fits the Trainspotter [Vicky] with her spots

Per and Mornington Crescent [Chris]

West Ham is encouraged to visit Canada Water

Pete watches the meat

Angel meets Herculese

Arse en nill, Arsenal [Sophie] sees if she can do better than 0 - 0 at crochet

Now I think we have met everybody, its time to get on with the party

A late arrival, Goldhawk Road [Adham], delayed by lightning on the line at Banbury

Christianne and Mick

Honda thinks he might be safer as a Black Fryer

Oxford Circus juggles the diabolo, see if you can find her Oxford mortar board in the previous pic

Allie is sad that dolly is ill

But it's alright really

The Aunt Sally swings into action

Should I have said flies into action?

Anticipation of a strike

Maddie

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We assemble for a group pic

Saturday Evening

As it grows dark, the bbq fire is moved to warm the late night crew

Time to perform the last rites for poor ill dolly

first some smoke

Doll is elevated

Commited to the flames

Fireside sing-along

A round of prince

Sunday Morning

Sunday morning usually starts with 'a nice cup of tea', coffee in this case

this year it started with the arrival of a small person who it seems is being mentored by Miss-chief [Vicky] herself

Breakfast, cooked over the fire

Daisy clears up

After breakfast

Some gentle exercise

Morning crochet

and then . . . .

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Extreme measures are needed to stay dry

A Yeti joins in

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The sniper in the bushes

The Laura Crofts

Monday Morning

Thomas is given his birthday present, a money box

The joke is that it is heavy and he will have to carry it on the train

We go to Wolverton to move Cribbit

A good opportunity to bring back the washing, in the SWAG bag

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