16:04. The hall, on arrival, following a surprisingly difficult time following seemingly very simple directions.

16:04. The other side of the hall.

18:21. Russ, with his exceedingly cryptic costume.

18:23. Gordon and Penny, who came as Mornington Crescent I think - I'm still not quite sure how to work this out from the costume!

18:24. The Rowlands family - Waterloo (also included musical accompaniment).

18:26. Duncan and Alison - Shepherd's Bush and Angel respectively.

18:40. Simon - Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 & 4 (go figure!) plus David as Vauxhall - a lot more obvious!

18:42. David and Cheryl (Baker Street), possibly an additional pun concerning former Bucks Fizz turned TV Presenter here. Or maybe not.

18:50. Rory, whose costume, possibly due to a design oversight, lead to him being unable to use his arms for the first hour or two.

18:52. Why this didn't win the most outrageous costume prize I'll never know.

18:53. Rory eventually manages to regain use of all four limbs.

18:54. Angel and St. Pancr(e)as. Nice.

18:57. Although it may look like more than one of us chose Parsons Green, it was of course necessary given the plurality of blah blah blah blah rhubarb.

18:58. French maids are always a winner with me...

19:02. ..and two in one night! Chie on the left hand side here is missing some cottage cheese to make her costume complete.

19:04. This must be a story from the bible, surely...?

19:22. The whole vicar theme proving very popular. Garry does Blackfriars, whilst Jeremy has opted for Wimbledon - but just to confuse everyone, he didn't bring a Tennis racquet.

19:25. David with the Rowlands family's 17th century harpsichord.

19:37. Andy does a marvellous Bank, with Judith presumably an equally great Bank robber. However, I can't help but have slight concern over the positioning of the arrows.

19:38. George and Diana looking at least slightly unwilling to be photographed.

19:43. Sitting down for dinner now.

20:14. Simon and Vanessa.

20:17. Louise and Chris, our first table quests in the Aston rotation policy.

20:22. George explaining the rotation thing to a somewhat reluctant Lou and Chris.

20:33. Jim potentially saying something rude here.

20:36. Ermmm...?

20:37. Here I was kissing the chicken. Jim seemed quite insistent about this.

20:54. Mike, a bit of a late arrival, who managed a near miraculous feat of catch-up where drinking was concerned.

20:55. Graham, as ever, thoroughly relishing the opportunity to be photographed.

20:57. Nice.

20:58. The vincents plus Steve.

20:59. The Woods looking jubilant.

21:00. John and Viv looking tired! (Well, John at least).

21:01. Aren't they sweet?

21:01. Aren't they also kind of sweet?

21:01. Now this isn't sweet. There's just no excuse for this kind of behaviour.

21:02. Penny attempting the rolling-pin threatening with slightly less vigour.

21:03. Nice though the simles are, it makes the whole domestic violence thing so much less convincing.

21:03. Peter and me, no rolling pin in sight.

21:04. Jolly nice too.

21:04. A very convincing Mornington Crescent from Cyndy here.

21:06. Rory standing up to receive an award.

21:06. I can't remember which one though! Maybe largest cubic capacity?

21:07. Lovely.

21:08. Apologies for being a bit out of focus here!

21:08. Money makes the world go around, the world go around, etc...

21:09. Oh dear... Duncan!

21:10. The Simpsons, undoubtedly the most yellow costumes of the evening.

21:11. Rory's rather charming offspring.

21:12. It was only a matter of time before someone took a picture of these two together.

21:12. ...and an even shorter amount of time before we took another one!

21:12. The kind of picture that single handedly makes buying your camera worth it. Nice.

21:26. Not sure where the goggles came from.

21:28. I think they suit me though!

21:29. Jim looks pensive in a slightly aggresive way. A tricky one to reproduce.

21:38. Amazing how well the green hair picks up the flash.

21:38. Jim collecting his prize - most unused line ?!

22:04. Russ going up to do the ltters lottery thing which no-one quite understood.

22:05. ...possibly not even Russ.

22:06. Darren certainly looked lost!

22:10. Hmmm, errrr.

22:11. Nope, no idea what I was trying to take here.

22:17. Russ demonstrating his patented hangover simulator hat.

22:19. Gmnfglkorradug.

22:19. Down it goes.

22:36. Must be after dinner now, and it's amazing how quickly some of the costumes disappeared!

22:42. Garry and David's little wine incident.

22:42. ...and the consequences thereof.

22:43. Possibly neither Garry nor Graham realised they were actually being photographed here.

22:43. Nice oak panelling in the background there.

22:44. Duncan looking a bit suspicious here. Nothing unusual there then.

22:46. Penny almost has Gordon in a headlock here!

22:46. ...unfortunately we missed the close (or is it clothes) line and double duplex, errr, insert your own random wrestling moves here.

22:48. Let's all give ourselves cricks in our necks.

22:49. Looking a bit dark.

22:50. David after having changed out of the Garry accident t-shirt.

22:51. We all look a bit demonic here.

22:54. If someone asked me to stand in a really boring way, and for no real reason, they got exactly the picture they wanted.

22:55. George seemed very reluctant to stand near me for a picture.

22:55. Meant to be a picture of Me and George. A whole kind of background / foreground issue going on here.

22:55. If only I'd taken this opportunity to ask permission for Duncan to come to the pub more often...

22:56. Look! You can see Duncan's feet.

22:56. Pointless picture of glasses #373584.

22:57. Chie suffering from a problem not unlike when people get their heads stuck in automatic doors.

23:01. Spot the grown-up.

23:06. Chie by herself, just for the sake of it.

23:09. Simon, David and I enjoying a rest in the reception area bit.

23:09. Pretty much the same as the last one.

23:10. Here are some girls.

23:12. One of the hotel staff, quite fun if I recall correctly.

23:13. Hat swapping is alive and well in the Midlands.

23:13. One of the few electronic devices Chie hadn't previously seen in Japan smaller and cheaper.

23:14. Dilys also wants a go with the famed hat it seems.

23:14. Much of the same again.

23:16. A right mixture here.

23:17. Chie particularly liked the wicker mooses. Or possibly deer.

23:20. Yep, this is a picture of Simon kissing Cheryl.

23:21. Vanessa looking very unphased.

23:23. Chie with a nice Dutch bloke who worked at the hotel.

23:24. Not sure what the point of this is.

23:24. Suspicious rolling pin placement there. Thanks Simon.

23:27. Garry plus some women.

23:28. Yep.

23:28. Not much to say here...

23:28. ...or indeed here...

23:28. My arm looks unusually long here.

23:29. Generally lots of non-sober people.

23:29. ...and again.

23:31. Murder on the dancefloor?

23:31. If there isn't already a nursery rhyme about a robber and a maid, there bloody well ought to be.

23:32. David looks jubilant, I look scared.

23:32. Somebody please make David stop. Quickly. Please.

23:33. Gordon and Chie.

23:34. Diana and George.

23:34. Simon, possibly "larging it".

23:34. Hmmmm. Was this necessary?

23:43. I'm sure there's an old Irish proverb along the lines of comedy wigs are meant to be shared...

23:44. ...although the consequences might not always be totally desirable...

23:45. Strangely suits her I think.

23:46. Not so sure about this one though.

23:46. Definitely not sure about this one.

23:47. Nice.

23:47. No end of comedy wig photos to be had.

23:48. Looks like the dancefloor again.

23:49. Possibly the third time I was dragged back here for the "last song".

23:49. What you might see if you were being strangled by David.

23:49. Possibly during New York, New York...?

23:49. Ooops, seemed to have missed just about everyone.

23:50. Mental note, use the viewfinder.

23:50. Well, could have been worse.

23:50. Seem to have missed a few bits with the green hairspray here.

23:50. Still doing the odd circle dance thing then.

23:51. Not sure if I took this or not.

23:52. Amazing really that the camera hadn't been dropped yet.

23:52. Not sure if we'd taken any pictures of me and Chie yet, so got one in here just to be on the safe side.

23:53. More circle/line dancing seems to be occurring.

23:53. Yup.

23:53. ...and yet more still...

23:54. A dancer far more talented than I takes centre stage.

23:57. Hmmm.

23:58. Lots of white here.

23:58. Amazing how huggy David gets after a bottle or two of wine.

00:03. A second later and Simon would have been out of shot.

00:03. Another David-strangling-you simulation picture?

00:06. I have many name badges and I'm inexplicably looking mean.

00:06. Because double glazing has feelings too.

00:06. Hmmm... errr...

00:07. David amazes all with his rolling pin balancing act.

00:07. You fighting? You asking?

00:08. Not too happy with this one.

00:08. Some kind of martial arts going on here?

00:16. Thankfully the disco bit closed around 12.

00:20. ...so everyone retired to either the reception area or the bar.

00:21. Simon and Vanessa. Again.

00:28. For Incubus fans - a chance to select a certain shade of green.

00:29. Mike amazes all with his superhuman lifting powers.

00:30. Mike fulfilling one of his lifelong ambitions - to pick up a vicar.

00:30. Thanks Graham!

00:31. Ermmm... too dark.

00:31. This would be Gary then.

00:31. A random assortment of people generally milling about.

00:31. Number 163, Graham's legs.

00:32. Chie pretends she's an emporess.

00:32. A second check to make sure we got a picture of me and Chie.

00:34. Russ bafflingly lies on the floor.

00:41. The management.

00:44. No piercing required! Honest!

00:47. There must be a pun involving a halo and a lip ring... surely?

01:00. Chie looking very relaxed.

01:13. Well, good.

01:14. Graham has had enough clearly.

03:00. For those ladies present that didn't get to see what the inside of the Gents looked like.

03:03. Down to just myself, Gary and Andy now.

03:05. The last three survivors.

03:11. Me on the way to bed.

03:11. Ermmmm...?

11:07. The next morning, just wanted to make sure it was all still intact.

11:07. The little annexe bit.

11:08. What a nice building. Nice to see it wasn't permanently scarred at all.