Spent a very pleasant warm summer evening round James’ place for a barbeque with the usual suspects and others. It was great to be able to sit around, eat charred chicken and burgers, as well as chat and chill with friends. We had a rather large game of empire, with Beth and myself being the eventual victors as no one could remember our names. James had also managed to neglect he was a whole year older, although his wife quickly dealt with that and a cake was duly produced and eaten.