CAMEO...

This summer was nicknamed the summer of exploratory boozing - in which - against buffeting rain and wind, last minute calculations of unpredictable bursts of sunshine and frantic weather forecast checking we managed to beat the elements (or just go with them and wear coats) to meet up every so often and have a very convivial time. There was always a drink, and each time it was different: red wine, Aperol spritz, Lillet (both white and red), champagne, tea, (perhaps the weirdest) Fernet Branca, red wine and... we're not finished yet!

Charlotte takes incredible photographs and has become so accomplished at capturing those tiny fleeting moments you want to remember without you even realising. My claw like hands were honoured to play a walk-on part in some of her photos this summer - always clutching a glass of something (some might say a little desperately.)

Where summer started: clinging onto red wine at the Other People's Houses opening.      © Charlotte Bland

Aperol Spritz at Brunswick House - on an almost balmy evening.      © Charlotte Bland

Tea and a little bun at St. John on a rainy day - champagne not pictured.      © Charlotte Bland

Fernet Branca in hand, onset of mild hypothermia at Frank's Argentinean dinner in July.      © Charlotte Bland

And it's not over until we say it is! We'll see the summer off right - my claws are ready, and I'm more than ready for another drink, some good food and good company, somewhere that's not weather dependent.

{All photos © Charlotte Bland - thanks C!}