The weather behaved, mostly, and Neal's braaing was, fittingly, at an Olympic standard. The pictures below capture a year who know how to party.
With Neal and Linde-la were: Caelim Parkes (O) and his wife Maida, James Deane (B) and his wife Claire, Neil Orpen (W), James Legg (B), Haydn Hammond (B), Gordon Robinson (F), Craig Tedder (K) and his wife Rene, Stephen Larkin (F) and his wife Sarah and Nicky Bicket (F, 1973). Assorted children of a range of ages also made up (and added to to) the exuberance of the occasion.
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| Linde-la von Wedel and Neal Arnold; Linde-la and Neil Orpen and Linde-la and Gordon Robinson |
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| Neal, James Deane, Neil Orpen, James Legg and Grodon Robinson; Gordon Robinson and Caelim Parkes |
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| Haydn Hammond; Stephen Larkin and James Legg |
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| Top: Stephen Larkin, Nicky Bicket, Gordon Robinson, Neil Orpen; James Deane and Haydn Hammond; Gordon Robinson, James Deane, James Legg and Neal Arnold. Bottom: Caelim Parkes, Rene and Craig Tedder and Neil Arnold |
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| Master of his craft: Neal Arnold |
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| Caelim Parkes, Claire and James Deane (with Gordon Robinson lurking in the background); Craig Tedder and Haydn Hammond |
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| Standing: Maida Parkes, Caelim Parkes, Linde-la von Wedel, Claire Deane, James Legg, Craig Tedder, Rene Tedder, Gordon Robinson and Nicky Bicket. Seated: Sarah Larkin, Neil Orpen, James Deane, Haydn Hammond and Stephen Larkin |
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| Neil Orpen and Steve Larkin; Caelim Parkes, Craig Tedder and James Legg |