My birthday explained in pictures

The magnum

The poster( boy)

Jack in the Green garlands

The parade

The fireeater

The lunch

The cake

Thanks to Lucy for having her 40th on Friday night, allowing me to hook up with fabulous old friends, to Helen and George for the (inadvertent) Champagne lunch,  to Rob for doing all the cooking and clearing up at my birthday lunch (and for the Ryan Gosling poster), to Ruth for coming to Hastings for the night and totally making my birthday, and to Hastings for holding the brilliant Jack in the Green festival the same weekend as my birthday.