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And zoom out for scale to Daddy K and Mummy E
Hmm, but Willow disappears shortly thereafter. Dont worry Flynn!
Self-portrait from the canoe!
kieran-isabel-coffee-1
Hard at work at XenSource
The party is pretty well behaved at this early stage
Weeee!
The College looks so different as the dawn breaks
We begin the Robinson May Ball in style, getting there in a stretch limo
But we linger for some time
A lovely day for a race
Carrie, Martina and friend chill out
Flynn takes centre stage again, he didnt cry once!
Ali and Patricia discover the joys of stroking a guinnea pig
We say bye bye to Ellie from Cambridge, waaaah!
Hello Imogen!!!
Tina throws her leaving/pancakes party, so we cram into the Grad house
The grounds proved to perfect for a civilized game of croquet
Inflatable sofas never fail to keep a baby happy
After the guys play, it gets crazy when the ladies take over
Is Hugh the best chef in Cambridge? I think so!
Amazingly sunny day, if a bit blurry
Ricardo proves himself a flipping maestro as Kostas watches in awe
Formal hall in a very subdued Trinity
Christian gives his SRG talkette
The Jedi master himself, Andy Warfield
And they respond to moo!
AliB looks oddly thoughtful between Twister matches
The ladies relax in the Robinson MCR
... but it looks lovely!
Our dodgy costumes are in full show, that wig is not mine!
Clare leaps around in her wedding dress, very athletic!
... while Jon entertains all ages Dom and Nick in a synchronised tie-donning competition Henry does this every day at school... ... so his attempt comes up nice and smooth! Nick poses with the Ludlam clan We restrain Henry from playing any practical jokes Great shot of Jon and Clare Cake cutting commences Who are these cheeky Cambridge chaps anyway?! The Ludlam frog has a place of honour beside granny ... and table 2 Scotty's table and Rich's table Harry ruins his shirt before the wedding even starts! Seb and Tino come to Earl's Court to help me move to Cambridge! We make it Cambridge, where they see grass for the first time Seb really cant keep his eyes open in a picture can he? John Dickson, Scotty and Becks hang out at AliB's halloween do Our dodgy costumes are in full show, that wig is not mine! Henry outside the chapel The solemn location itself The ushers looking primped up making sure Jon doesnt run away Clare arrives with her bridal party Mr Ludlam makes sure the clan frog is happy Dom expresses his opinion Nick looks shocked that Jon is getting hitched! ... and Henry is just excited, as you can tell by the blur My only picture of the actual wedding is blurred! Nooooo! Outside, the bridesmaids and Jon and Clare The bride's family assembled And the Ludlams smile for the camera! The Ludlam brothers Nobody told Nick to stop posing, haha Table 1 Our table! The lovely wedding harpist! The Ludlam frog gets jiggy with it while Harrop looks on stunned ... and ends with a smile! The boogying begins Clare leaps around in her wedding dress, very athletic! Daddy Jon helps find the recalcitrant girl Wah hey, united at last! Willow camps on the cat seat, a purrrfect fit Ed gets pwned by a girl, but noone appears surprised We finally make the kids do some useful labour in the sweltering heat Ed and Flynn confirm the separated-at-birth hypothesis Jon's cat got a bit scared by all the fuss Riotous scenes in XenSource UK Things heat up as the champagne emerges Richard is not too subtle with his Isabel and daddy Kieran go for a walksie Along the way, she runs into baby Eliot! At first, they both appear disinterested Isabel notices Eliot first... Eliot rotates... ... locks on target... And Eliot shoots! Not sure what he's up to here however... I! Am! A! Really! Happy! Baby! And zoom out for scale to Daddy K and Mummy E Massive goose invasion upstream forces us to change course Rosie and Kavari looking sweet! Eric ponders existentialism at Martina's Christopher Lawrence plays his arctic horn to a backdrop of Stradivarius violins, at his farewell to the AAM. Surreal! Hanging out after the concert waiting for fireworks Carrie, Joshua and Eric look terribly relaxed on the bridge. Marie is a little bit thirsty at Trinity Hall may ball Some really bad rapper dude fails to impress Catherine Marie and Olivier brood to the gothic backdrop! Carrie's very impressive 4th July assortment on... you guessed ut. Unfortunately, it turns out that they werent real Red Indians Mum and Isabel hang out riverside Mmmm. Cheesecake. I enter the cheesy picture fray Ali lounges in the lounge chair at mine Its picturetastic with our new mobile phones A rainy end to the evening at the Boat House. Some July this is! Flynn tries to impress Willow with some baby gymnastics Hmm, but Willow disappears shortly thereafter. Dont worry Flynn! Stepping outside into a very cold-looking garden The river is freezing, no rowers out there today! I was taking these shots in my pyjamas. Brrrrr!!! Kristina makes a surprise visit back to Cambridge, hurrah! Taking photos while grabbing a swift powernap in the Robinson MCR. Patrick and Claire put out the smoking poses for the camera! Isabel decides to pull (whats remaining) of her dads hair out The daddy-ride continues, vroom vroom Kieran and Isabel hang out at the Cambridge beer festival A laid back crowd at the festival Andy Warfield and little Ryan visit XenSource in Cambridge Daddy and soon are fascinated by Keir Weeee! Something suspicious is going down at XenSource. Hmm! Alert ... company secrets on display in this image Hangin' in the Grantchester hood, yo A very nice vista from the river Self-portrait from the canoe! The Robinson Mafia Terribly arty farty Downing May Ball, rather late in the year, starts with a very fine string quartet The crowds assemble pre-dinner Greek neo-classical architecture abounds Sandra and John give a thumbs up! Helium-filled balloons led to the inevitable... ...high pitched speeches! As the night drew on, the bouncy castle became essential to stay warm The night ends with a rather improbably pink limo pulling up (unfortunately not for us) Jane carries little Isobel, age a few months! Formal hall at Corpus Christi in full swing Danilo demonstrates his Rosie prepares for dancing! Housewarming party in swing at the swanky Peffley, Helleger and Faivre residence! Martina gets her birthday present! Halloween hall at Robinson, with some funky outfits More bizarro outfits from the hall kieran-isabel-coffee-1 An awesome group shot of the Robinson sunbathers We wander around taking shots of visitors Tatyana and John look East Coast Philly What are we singing? The Magdalene boys look quite well lubricated Ya man, the Rastas is here! Arrrr, a pirate arrr! Awww, this is chilled out, even for the normally extremely chill Olivier and Carrie Another shot of the Robinson businessmen Up top, I shoot the eating crowd And like magic, the rubber ducky appears I knew those hoola hoops spelt trouble! But Sophia is a true mistress of the lost art of hooping! The best costume winners celebrate their success! And the serious business of the limbo gets into full swing Thumbs up Mansley! Dude, its a llama! Sibyl is learning the art of thumbs well Alex is not so impressed Slacking in the lab, ahhh the good old days Hard at work at XenSource The long punt back begins as the rain starts to fall Mum shows up and hangs out by the river in my flat, hurrah! Mum tries to make friends with my local neighbourhood swans They take the bait and wander over every single day! A shot of Mom as she takes a walk on the other side of Jesus Green Three generations of Macs show up at my place. Geeky but cool. Kieran, Eleanor, Dave and I go for a walk with babys (born and unborn) Kieran shows us his large cucumbers Lindsay is looking very fetching in her Caribbean-party scuba outfit! ... and her friend in amazing skin paints! Matt is looking cool as he helps me serve cocktails to the crowd The party starts to heat up Some funky shirts and skirts are in view Now it gets really crowded (and hot enough to be in the Caribbean) We head down to eat some jerk chicken man John looks very Miami Vice, but he's missing something... Yes thats right, his sidekick! Hayley and Rachel look considerably more dignified (and cute) The party is pretty well behaved at this early stage The swings are the place to be as morning arrives. Seb chickens out but Sheree joins me! Everyone assembles for the survivor picture and the final (awesome) 6am band and bpo We wander outside to find the world continues, including these cute ducks Olivier and Carrie seem fascinated by a random door Not a sight you often see... black tie students walking the streets at 0645 Nick and Jess look the worse for wear the day after the May Ball But Jess wakes up enough to relax on the riverside with me We decided to go over to watch the Trinity Ball fireworks on a punt The black tie wearing party-goers all line up to go punting But we are dressed casual since its going to rain! Christian does a fine job punting as usual Thumbs up Sibyl!!! The river begins to get crowded But we skillfully (?) navigate past them A black swan on the river! More black tie May Ballers on the bridge above As night dawns, you can see the silhouettes of the party on Trinity The river is REALLY crowded now... The fireworks are about to start and the place is insanely packed And they begin! A fantastic soundtrack as well Weeee! Seb immediately runs to the chocolate fountain The diners are there well before us Jess shows off her butterfly tattoo Cheesy grins all around as the party gets going And more cheese! The weather is utterly perfect, so most people hang outside We have a go at the obligatory boxing match Look serious! Now let loose the thumbs of war! We attempt to look serious, but unfortunately someone stuck something on my forehead Kirsty has fun on the bumper cars! Hayley and I have a gender change to be Elvis and Marlyin The College has really be laid out in style for the film star theme The Premiere sign at the entrance Seb and Sheree clean up at the poker table I take a quick break to see Christos driving Greek-style on the bumper cars! Hayley and Linda drive a bit more leisurely I return to the poker to find Seb a lot richer (in play money only unfortunately) Sandra takes a nap while John and I frolic We look appropriately thespian The College looks so different as the dawn breaks Lots of cleanup! Who is hiding behind John's ball?! GROVESY! John cant keep it up though Sandra seductively eats her strawberry Later we relax at Carrie's house, as Christos appears to worship The party finally ends as Carrie and Martina shoo us out! We assemble for the annual Trinity choir punt-singing The crowds pack in by the Trinity backs as the choir prepares And there are the singers! As night falls, the lanterns give the singers a nice ambience Eva impatiently hurries me to the Lucy Cav garden party, the first one of 2006! My favourite buddy Toni's ices is present at the entrance The entertainment is a cool traditional Chinese dragon dance The Greek contingent discusses it excitedly Meanwhile the dancers kick off! The bit with the dragon/dog was awesome to the max Aww, a nice Lucy Cav friends picture Greeks, Koreans assemble for a group shot And I leap in! We begin the Robinson May Ball in style, getting there in a stretch limo James fits into pirating a bit better! More relaxation... zzzz We run into the Volta lounge, hurrah! Alex looks like a proper punting punter We leave our competition far, far behind! More competition from Caius Eva looks remarkably stable on the punt... oh oh Sibyl doesn't work too hard How cute! A swan and her signets dive between our punts Deep in Grantchester Meadows JohnF and IanG and their big poles Ha ha, someone fell in the water! Things get a bit more inebriated... Hayley looks unusually serious We finally make it to Grantchester and chill on the meadows A little beagle strolls on by The Volta'ers finally catch up with the Robinson pirate punt Yummy bbq time! The inevitable diving wars begin as people get chucked in A nice shot as we start punting back home But we linger for some time A black swan! By Jove! Florian drinks and punts, hmmmmmm Whats that in the distance approaching us? The swan swoops in to attack! Flo lures it in with, err...something Carrie shows fear! Certain death when swans are involved! The full-on swan shot We wave goodbye to our feathered friend, adios! Dancing at Formal Hall at Jesus A rainy start to the summer with a bbq at my place Jane, Kieran and... Isabel! Christos and Danilo relax at Sidney Sussex Benoi points our our latest MCR friend who lacks the stamina for 2am partying Marika steals my beloved mustache! Carrie grabs my hairy augmentation before I can get it back! A final song before heading home for some well-earned zzz We begin the Annual Pirate Punt Race, arrrr! John Foster looks too friendly to be a pirate A lovely day for a race Scottie in 'actually dancing' shocker The evening is too much for old-man Mansley From that plate of sandwiches, you realize why Jon is nicked 'Harrop the Humungously Huge' Flynn and Ed ... separated at birth!! Chilling with the hombres in the MCR Imogen looks all grown up now! Watch her carefully arrange her sweets... ... and make mobile phone calls to her friends I'm being told off for taking too many photos Rosie checks out the signs at the Soul Tree Alex disses me and my broken knee Eva grabs a swift snooze on the Volta couch A young thief steals my crutches! Kieran pours generous allowances of Pimms on a hot summer evening Sharpy mounts Alan's unicycle... Can he let go of the pillar?? ... not quite yet! Next time I'm sure... A trip espresso of photos from all angles while punting Carrie, Martina and friend chill out A vicious game of cat-foozball among the Robinson ladies! The cheery Emma crew visits the poorer people at Robinson Disaster strikes the LCE coffee machine! Hundreds of students fall asleep. When IP meets Circuits... Jon Crowcroft and Sandy Fraser chatting Eva attracts people to her xmas party by promising to cook some food... ... blimey, nuff said The groom and best man agree that their top hats are cool Everyone rushes off to the chapel... And a gorgeous Eleanor shows up in the nick of time! Ali Tse approves, as we compete to sneak up behind the happy couple What does Imogen want? ... Daddy's hat of course! An aerial shot of the guests Ali surreptitously sneaks the thumbs in I manage to sneak behind them! w00t! Team Harrop say 'yo' Flynn Ludlam looks bouncier than the average baby Another table with Becks, Zorah and Edgar all looking happy Rich and Scottie's dad deep in discussion Flynn takes centre stage again, he didnt cry once! Overhead shot of the Caius formal hall The Caius method of serving sauce is less impressive Rebekah enjoys sitting in the Caius MCR high chair The Emma formal hall menu appears to be rather confusing as everyone stares at it Obligatory Robinson pose photo at Emma A hidden sniper attempts to take Danilo out of action A recital at Robinson Chapel It rapidly fills up as the piano solos get going A spot cold are we, Tom Kelly? But Andy Rice looks warm (I hope that is warm) The boys assemble for a group picture (about an hour before getting beaten up, another story altogether) Danilo and Hayley recreate the fingerpainting scene at Jesus The Jesus formal hall in full schwing And the now traditional photo under the Jesus Cock Danilo didnt drink all that, honest guv You just cant take Robinson people anywhere! Hmm, Kieran cant quite get his mouth wide open enough to eat this pumpkin ... so he invites us over to help, hurrah!! That massive pumpkin resulted in this spot of juice Ali and Patricia discover the joys of stroking a guinnea pig She never changes expression... After some time she charges up the CuteAttack ... and fires! The Robinson cocktail party gets in fine swing, Wild Wild West style! Carrie the Cowgirl keeps an eye on the proceedings Yeeeehaaa, Marika looks sultry in blue Academy of Ancient music play a superb concert ... and another shot of them in action Alex, Sybil and Teresa appreciate the show! Churchill formal hall ... speech! A side shot of the revellers I try to find the rest of the Robinson crew... ... and finally spot them hiding in the corner! Assembling at Trinity Hall formal hall But first, some yummy sherry In full swing And the other side, a painting of someone important We assemble at Andy Rice's place to eat the fish his Dad caught The fare was might fine, arrrrr But Ali kept getting attacked by a rabid cat who wanted his fish We say bye bye to Ellie from Cambridge, waaaah! ... and the Spanish ladies show up! Eva and Tina take a break between pancake flipping bouts Our resident Japanese DJ spins the laptop wheels of steel I think we're all pancaked out And so the night ends with a violent hand-slapping game, as every night should A Man-sley and a Man-nequin compete in the 'best buttocks' contest Munching sushi at Teriyaki in Cambridge A lazy Cambridge afternoon + PhD students = hanging by the Cam Its very blurry, but if you squint at the punt, note they have a full Thai meal on their punt, very swish! We decide to sneak into Microsoft Reserch Cambridge! Eva provides us with the perfect insider mole... And we swiftly locate our target, the supa-l33t coffee machine A delivery of vegetables from Cambridge Organics shows up at AliB's After pondering what to do with them, some cauliflowers, radishes, apples and carrots get cut up... AliB applies a swift does of juicer justice to them ... and a very fine beverage results for the devoted juicitarians! What is that in Eva's hand??! Hello Imogen!!! Very Harry Potter! Jon looks terribly dashing beside a floral Yvonne I should turn this into a baby blog! The bridesmaids creep up on the happy couple, but what are they up to?! Weee! All is revealed There was a most excellent wedding cake Jon practises his Santa routine, sans beard Lee drinks too much coffee? From pristine white to ... the chocolate fountain! Woo hoo! It's a party in your mouth and everyone's invited Jamie wonders if the wedding bouquet is real Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Eleanor goes choco-crazy Rich Edgar and the lovely Jill in a somewhat grainy zoom-shot Jon and Emma take to the dance floor! Later, we ponder life, darts and bubbles The Harrop residence, the most English place I've ever been to Rich Evans provides light entertainment for us ... as does the ObCuteBaby Tina plays with fire at the Castle, rwaaar! Escaping Cambridge to the Green Man in Granchester Tina throws her leaving/pancakes party, so we cram into the Grad house Thats why we have one in our office! Imogen discovers computers... ... and immediately starts to hax0r until Daddy pulls her away! Finally, a use for the Active Bat system ... Ali Tse blurs the line between Imogen tells AliB all about the evils of coffee Tina and I enjoy an ear-splittingly quiet moment at La Razza We repeat the candle trick with James, who needs a flash anyway?! Tina demonstrates her reward for graduating, very swish It's summertime, so when it rains ... ... it pours! Alex, and one very dead (but very tasty) chicken Is Christian REALLY in Berkeley? Cos I just saw him in the office... Cambridge at night looks terribly gothic I snap a picture of us staring at Alex's large skylight Hanging with Scottie and Eleanor while waiting for pizza After crazy rainshowers comes a pot of gold The sprawling venue for Jon Harrop's wedding The hat demonstrates what it looks like with an Eleanor attached Has Ed lost Jon's ring? The grounds proved to perfect for a civilized game of croquet ...resulting in a few boundaries Danilo explains what a Roquet is to Emma (or is it the other way around?) Carrie demonstrates the funky new MCR hatch later And of course, the night ends with a game of Twister! AliB and Tina last long after I am knocked out Despite a valiant struggle, Tina is eventually overcome by AliB! All good nights come to an end, and Ellie requires a powernap Eva makes yummy yummy Carbonara! And served with a dash of fresh coriander The swanky new one-click coffee machine in the DTG I was checking my mail in Robinson and stumbled upon this The troubadours outside informed me the May Ball was on that evening! All dressed up and nowhere to go ... they were all quite early Euan, Eva, Alex and I pig out and munch pizza in the lab on a glorious summer afternoon Robinson's elite cricket grad squad; some of us had even played more than once before It's really quite difficult to make a photograph of cricket look interesting But it was so terribly civilized! Tina and Eva chill at Wolfson May Ball This live band sounded more Police than Sting ever could Inflatable sofas never fail to keep a baby happy Later, Eva makes Greek coffee which keeps me awake for 4 days Benoy, Oliver and Danilo revert to cavemen while lighting the barbeque As darkness settles, we keep Ellie awake by snapping pictures of her What is Dario doing with those tongs?! Alex, err, works on his PhD The impressive Girton MCR before dinner Fabrice, Danilo and Daniele play it cool (and not over-awed) Later, we hang out in the Girton gardens Tina looks armed and dangerous with a mallet Inside, we present Ellie with a birthday cake Kieran enjoys his suggestive double-strawberry cake Marika and Jane lavishly dressed in 1920s style! Marika said something again, AliB is suitably shocked A wide view of this term's last hall After hall, we engage in croquet The crowds gasp in awe at our mad skills Tina plays it long Others take the opportunity to hang out (around the 1920s cocktails of course) Our intrepid croquet squad pose with their Pimms, Tina, AliB and Kieran A dramatic long shot from Daniel keeps us in the game! After the guys play, it gets crazy when the ladies take over Bridge of sighs Oh what a perfect day... The Science of the Hitchhikers Guide talk at Borders Hughes Hall formal hall, home of the unique chicken with chilli and chocolate sauce Eva comes prepared for our Thursday lunch Real meatballs! They looked even better when cooked Imogen arrives at the gradpad, mercifully sleeping She looks rather shocked at seeing Uncle Anil again But rapidly loses interest, damn! She can simultaneously crawl and do Tommy Cooper impressions Daddy Rich tries to look cheesier than Imogen and largely succeeds An action shot of Anil and Imogen fails to capture Anil Francesca and Rosie looked bemused at a shocked Carrie. What DID she say? Danilo just loves to fingerpaint, especially on College walls A Jesus formal hall in full swing! This has to be the oddest bust of a Fellow we've ever seen Alex cooks his famous (it is now) rice vermicelli Made a mess, but just looking at this makes me hungry! Alex and Eva pile their plates full of yummy grub! Is Hugh the best chef in Cambridge? I think so! Yum! Cheese... The crew is hard at work to feed me Tina shows her inner artistry And we're spent Who glued the plants to the table?! Dave despondendly packs up to leave SN17 Imogen rides around in style Imogen's first punt on the Cam A lazy picture of a duck, why not eh? Tina takes an exam break by making us lots of cheese! The Cambridge hike with Syb and Alex started off lovely But in the grand tradition of picnics, dark clouds gather And it all ends in a painful hailstorm! The intrepid MCR crew heads out to punt on a gorgeous day Catherine concentrates on serving strawberries and cream as we dodge punts Nice view of old buildings as we punt down the Backs Lovely views from the punt Amazingly sunny day, if a bit blurry Beginning a King's formal hall The formal in full swing Carrie, me, and a lot of tinsel Hayley and Robert and that dratted tinsel The diva, Rosie Dancing on the table at Kings, they are very bouncy Not to be outdone, Robinson demonstrate their love of knowledge Tina Emma and Christian hang out at one of Rosie's famous parties SRG Christmas dinner at Christ's College Hanging out with Eva in the lab Kieran asked me to take this picture of Dave, honest Mansley in his native habitat Imogen indulges Kieran and Jane Imogen practises baby yoga at the Arts Picturehouse These dodgy people dont listen to the Surgeon-General I think I guess Tina wins the yoga bet Kostas Tina and Rich assemble for pancake day! Ricardo proves himself a flipping maestro as Kostas watches in awe Meeting Andrei at Queens before the US election coverage A bunch of enthusiastic Democrats ... who proceeded to get very depressed Imogen almost crying but not quite! At Browns Imogen makes friends quickly at College Rich ponders something. Probably which dessert to get The end of Kieran's stag do. Possibly the geekiest ever An ad-hoc SN17 celebration for Eli Anton plays the accordian ... and actually plays it well! Kieran and Jane had a lot of practise posing A terribly blurry cake cutting Kieran's dad gave a rousing speech, and he didn't fall over either The assembled guests at the Lucy Cavendish hall Kieran and Jane did a salsa number for their first dance The Celleigh begins, no fatalities reported That blur is Ali Tse, greased lightning And this blur is Dave, having been convinced to dance (!!) Robinson MCR Committee, 2004-2005, a rowdy bunch! Christian has a tough job keeping our office furniture in shape Formal hall in a very subdued Trinity Alex vibrates to keep the pain away Kieran grows horns Kieran is overcome But he returns for more! Can handle it?!