The guests have all left and i completely forgot to take a photo of them all, so engrossed with their wonderful company i must have been to not get the phone out. I'm left with empty dishes to wash. 
The carrot soup with hot lemon buttered bread, the spinach and lemon sole with new potatoes and a cheese sauce and of course the strawberry ice cream and strawberry roulade weren't as disastrous as i thought it might be, enjoyed by all apparently. But their company was the best of all. Aren't good friends the luckiest thing you can have in life.