Day 339 - Suits II

A slow start this morning: I did have vague plans of making the 08:00 Roll-up, but the need for a bit of bed-time to help manage the jet-lag meant that I never made it... Instead, a lazy breakfast in front of the cricket was in order.  After that, I drove the car up to Clapham for lunch with my daughter, her fiancé and his parents, at the Northcote Pub, where my son also joined us.

This family meet-up was because we had a date in the afternoon for the purpose of some suit-fitting for the Big Day.  Paul and Caroline had found a specialist retailer in Barking, so it was quite a trek across London (train from Claphan to Waterloo, Jubilee Line to West Ham and then one more stop on the train again to our destination).  The whole process was a bit tiresome, but everyone got fitted and all looked very smart in their blue/grey outfits.

The rest of the party were heading off for a drink at London's highest public garden, but I  had to make my way back to Clapham topick up the car and drive on to Burhill. where we had the annual Pub Quiz.

I hadn't been to this event for a few years but was looking forward to the evening as I always enjoy this kind of thing. I was on a table with the Lady Captain and the Sadlers and Collinson-Joneses, and I think it is fair to say that we were hoping for not too many questions on football or entertainment... and we were happy that this was indeed the case!

The quiz-master for the evening was Tony from Burhill who did a great job: he had come up with a varied set of round formats to keep people on their toes, whilst the questions themselves found the right blend of interest and challenge without being over-difficult.  Our team did very well on a series of cryptic clues to British towns, but dropped too many points in some of the other rounds to win.  The Club served what I thought was a delicious curry (though lasagne was also on offer), all of which made for a very pleasant evening.