RAINY OSLO

There is a rule in this country:  Never arrange any outdoor activities on a bank holiday weekend.  It will always be doomed for bank holidays are cursed with bad weather:  FACT!  So what did we do.  We arrange a BBQ on bank holiday weekend!    I think with all the good weather recently we got a little cocky and thought we could beat the curse.  Besides we were dying for our first Oslo house BBQ of the year, after seeing the West wingers last weekend bathing in the glory of the sun on their roof terrace, while I had to work all weekend in Bollywood hell!  Sorry I should explain.  Oslo house is divided into two buildings the west wing and the east wing.  There is a little bit of rivalry between the two, not on my part of course, but we do have a better roof terrace garden than them!  Alex my house mate likes the rivalry, because usual when she has had a few she likes to taunt the westies, across the roof top with things like "Your bonfire is shit!"  and "Your parties are crap", you know the usual friendly neighbour stuff?  Anyway back to our BBQ.  We decided the occasion was for Oli's belated birthday as he had been filming in Norway and even with the rain and the cold, we did the very British thing of getting on with it and moved the BBQ inside.  People still made the effort, we late shed loads of food, drank too much (again!) and then ended up at a party in White Post Lane watching a brass band play cool tunes till 4.00am or something like that.  Unfortunately my camera ran out of battery.  On second thoughts maybe it wasn't so bad considering the amount I had drunk.  Anyway I live in hope there will be lots more BBQ's this summer, preferably outside and with sun.