It was a busy today/tonight for me tonight with one birthday celebration (Kelly’s 30th), a going away do (James’) and dinner with my brother. In the end I decided I couldn’t bother with the going away do as the venue kept changing and just settled for Kelly’s 30th and dinner with my bro instead.

Kelly had her do at the Duke of Devonshire in Balham. I don’t often get down south so it was a special occasion for me. ha ha! The Duke of Devonshire is a very nice pub – huge on the inside but also, for a day that really turned into the perfect summer afternoon and evening, a very much appreciated beer garden. It was very lovely. It needed to be big too to accommodate all of Kelly’s friends! But it was not without its pitfalls – walking in I was accosted by this Albanian guy who I actually thought worked in the pub as he was asking me who I was looking for. That is, until he then started his line of question focussing on whether I thought he was good-looking or not. Help us all!