A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

There's a sort-of mini Christmas dinner around Evelyn and Louise's gaff, without about three hundred people crammed around the table. The night before, though, there's a quieter affair as we try out a bit of a fondue, complete with Gruyere, Emmental and Kirsch.

next album: The Thrandeston Carol Gig, St. Margaret of Antioch, Thrandeston, Suffolk - 18th December 2012
previous album: A Night on the Lash, Dublin, Ireland - 14th December 2012

Harry rolls around on the floor, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

Harry rolls around on the floor

Isobel and Louise chat over coffee, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

Isobel and Louise chat over coffee

Fred plays with last year's favourite game, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

Fred plays with last year's favourite game

Lua waves something around, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

Lua waves something around

Evelyn takes a photo of the sprogs, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

Evelyn takes a photo of the sprogs

Isobel looks shocked at her cheese string, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

Isobel looks shocked at her cheese string

Louise, Evelyn and Isobel do fondue, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

Louise, Evelyn and Isobel do fondue

Isobel's on the floor for some reason, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

Isobel's on the floor for some reason

Noddy comes over to do a spot of 'Karate Kid', A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

Noddy comes over to do a spot of 'Karate Kid'

Fern and Fred have their own table, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

Fern and Fred have their own table

Sunday lunch is served, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

Sunday lunch is served

Annalua and Harry in their high-chairs, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

Annalua and Harry in their high-chairs

Davida's got the gravy, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

Davida's got the gravy

Dinner conversation, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

Dinner conversation

Fern and Fred eat pudding, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

Fern and Fred eat pudding

Evelyn and Louise's kitchen, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

Evelyn and Louise's kitchen

James and Haryanna head off, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

James and Haryanna head off

Lots of planes are parked at Dublin Airport, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

Lots of planes are parked at Dublin Airport

An unusual sight of lots of carriers' planes, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

An unusual sight of lots of carriers' planes

A Norwegian Air plane at Dublin Airport, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

A Norwegian Air plane at Dublin Airport

Our towing tug drives off after push back, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

Our towing tug drives off after push back

We're in a queue behind an 'Air Fungus' 737, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

We're in a queue behind an 'Air Fungus' 737

Another aircraft streaks by below us, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

Another aircraft streaks by below us

Strange mounds in the fields of (maybe) Essex, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

Strange mounds in the fields of (maybe) Essex

The fields of Essex, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

The fields of Essex

An unusually-large number of parked Ryanair planes, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

An unusually-large number of parked Ryanair planes

A huge FedEX 777 Cargo, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

A huge FedEX 777 Cargo

Isobel and The Boys exit the plane, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

Isobel and The Boys exit the plane

At Stansted, a thousand luggage trolleys, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

At Stansted, a thousand luggage trolleys

We pile out of the terminal, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

We pile out of the terminal

Isobel, Harry and Fred outside Stansted, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

Isobel, Harry and Fred outside Stansted

On the bus back to the Long Stay car park, A Pre-Christmas Dinner, Monkstown, Dublin - 16th December 2012

On the bus back to the Long Stay car park

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Harry rolls around on the floor

Harry rolls around on the floor

Isobel and Louise chat over coffee

Fred plays with last year's favourite game

Lua waves something around

Evelyn takes a photo of the sprogs

Isobel looks shocked at her cheese string

Louise, Evelyn and Isobel do fondue

Isobel's on the floor for some reason

Noddy comes over to do a spot of 'Karate Kid'

Fern and Fred have their own table

Sunday lunch is served

Annalua and Harry in their high-chairs

Davida's got the gravy

Dinner conversation

Fern and Fred eat pudding

Evelyn and Louise's kitchen

James and Haryanna head off

Lots of planes are parked at Dublin Airport

An unusual sight of lots of carriers' planes

A Norwegian Air plane at Dublin Airport

Our towing tug drives off after push back

We're in a queue behind an 'Air Fungus' 737

Another aircraft streaks by below us

Strange mounds in the fields of (maybe) Essex

The fields of Essex

An unusually-large number of parked Ryanair planes

A huge FedEX 777 Cargo

Isobel and The Boys exit the plane

At Stansted, a thousand luggage trolleys

We pile out of the terminal

Isobel, Harry and Fred outside Stansted

On the bus back to the Long Stay car park