S and A’s wedding rivalled the Olympics for scale. Everyone was invited. I loved it, especially since so many of my own friends, relations and work colleagues would be there. These included:

• my sister J and her family
• all the delegates of Online Information 2012
• newly married TD, her groom, and his bunch of young, good-looking single friends (who would do very nicely for two of the adult bridesmaids: A’s twin sisters)
• even SL from the Isle of Man, and her school friend S!

The night before the event TPR and I arranged a night out for all but the immediate family members (who would have loved to have come out, were still busy at the house making preparations). The plan was to meet downstairs at 4pm, walk to the refurbished swimming pool at the Botanic Gardens, then go for a curry afterwards. It would be a lovely evening, so long as everyone survived the first stage of the walk: crossing the field of fearsome wolves.