I wish I could tell you more about this beer-up, but I have very little memory of it. No idea of the names of the girls on the photos other than the redhead girl was called Georgia, another was called Jenny and the group were (mostly) from Melbourne... or why I took the time-lapse photos outside. All very random.

Trying out some gig photography and low-light stuff using my newly-acquired Canon EOS 30D, a trip to O'Donoghues (Open Mic Night with Matt Johnson) was warranted, although there's some bad saturation here because I'm still trying to get used to the different balance (from the 10D). By complete accident the current Obvious Pseudonym lineup were all there...

Wasn't really in the mood but ended up in O'Donoghues listening to a pretty good pianist before they chucked us out at closing.

Rod, Dave, Martin and Ryan (with guest appearance by Alice) at O'Donoghues, Wakefield. A thoroughly enjoyable night stood by the bar with a Guinness, listening to good music

Jen was staying (all the way from New York) so a night out without the kids in O'Donoghues was warranted.

Day 2 of the wedding celebrations, this time in Duncton, Surrey. The celebration dinner took place in a marquee in Tony's parents' garden, with lots of people dressed up nice. And some crayons. And a tablecloth. And some dancing.

The first day of Denise and Tony's wedding, involving a registry office in Chichester followed by photographs then a dinner at the local hostelry. Much merriment had by all!

Started the day with breakfast of croissants and pain au chocolat (and a very sticky daughter), then in the evening we went out to Billy Budd's in Wakefield for a fairly unspectacular dinner, finishing off in O'Donoghues dancing to Beatles and Chuck Berry covers.

We played for Brian and Lynda's wedding at The Grove in South Kirby - Lynda's known Nicky since she was a little baby, so it was a bit of a family thing. That was then followed by an evening bash where Ellie proved herself as a disco dancing diva (and dragged everyone else up for a boogie as well).

Chased out of the house with a forced pinkslip, I wandered to O'Donoghues and watched what happened at open mic night - turns out some damn fine music.

An unexpected family lunch at the Empire fish'n'chip restaurant on Leeds Road, then off to O'Donoghues where the unexpectedness continued meeting Lee and Jemma, as well as Kieran and Jon.

Relaxing with Guinness and some cracking music at O'Donoghues in Wakefield, with Kieran and Jon. I'm your hoochie-coochie man, so they tell me.

I gave Ellie a quick bath since she'd rubbed cake crumbs into her hair, then nipped out to see Jon where we ended up having a pint in O'Donoghues.

A busy Friday perfecting the mug-firing process, Jon built a worktop in the garage so that we had somewhere to do work, and then we wandered off to O'Donoghues to see 'Smoke Stack Blues'. And apart from that, it was Neal's birthday!

Gareth and Anne-Marie tied the knot in Hull, and we went along to the evening do. Features Neal on air-guitar, several rather scarey photos of Gareth, and assorted madness with a pack of Love Hearts.

Sub dropped by for a few beers, so we ended up beering in Fulham at the Pen for a few then heading down to the Indian. Unfortunately, the curry house had closed down, so we tried the Spanish restaurant next door: a fatal mistake, the service was horrendous, the food was really really terrible (my steak was frozen in the centre!) but at least the beer was cold!

Curry at Woodlands Aagrah near Doncaster to celebrate Dad Wade's birthday.

Well, it started out as a drink with Mailbox's fulfilment arm, and then ended up just being loads of people.

A trip to the Belmont Hotel in Thorne for dinner with the Meese/Wade family, and also to celebrate Sarah's exam results and decision to go to Manchester.

Maggie Nightingale got married to Roger at Sherborne Abbey. Ellie was ill so we didn't stay too late, but I got to meet my God-sister and God-brother after years of being told about them, and we had some time wandering around Sherborne too.

We started out in the Tut'n'Shive in Wakefield - but there was bugger all beer on. So we moved on to O'Donoghues and listened to a couple of bands, then went and gave it large with chillis, ribs and cocktails in Mex Millennium.