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The New Sheridan Club: 11.30am. Rain drips from everything. Will the punters turn up?
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The New Sheridan Club: The first outing for the new NSC gazebo
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The New Sheridan Club: Louise is wet
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The New Sheridan Club: Rain will not dampen the spirit of the Raj
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The New Sheridan Club: Team Harrison at the ready
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The New Sheridan Club: What impressive chalices they are drinking from
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The New Sheridan Club: Is that a glimpse of the sun?
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The New Sheridan Club: Miss Catherine Baxter
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The New Sheridan Club: So vicious is the rain that Louise's, rather striking, eye makeup is running
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The New Sheridan Club: Clearly confident of victory, Farhan has coloured his beard gold!
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The New Sheridan Club: Mai, David and Compton-Bassett
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The New Sheridan Club: The crew begins to assemble for the opening ceremony
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The New Sheridan Club: Gustav Temple, editor of The Chap, prepares to light the Olympic Pipe
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The New Sheridan Club: Lighting the Olympic Pipe
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The New Sheridan Club: The ceremonial tamp
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The New Sheridan Club: Tristan Langlois, our MC for the day
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The New Sheridan Club: Viv the Spiv takes his turn at the Pipe
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The New Sheridan Club: Louise assays the pipe
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The New Sheridan Club: The pipe must be kept alight as it is passed from person to person
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The New Sheridan Club: Mai takes her turn
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The New Sheridan Club: Looks like she quite enjoys it
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The New Sheridan Club: That's Farhan behind the mask. I think he's keeping the beard a secret
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The New Sheridan Club: Rupert the butler is tasked with searching the competitors. He's already found Torquil's hipflask and he now attempts to seach Louise
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The New Sheridan Club: Torquil willingly displays the hipflask. No shame there
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The New Sheridan Club: Rupert proposes to search Mai. See how far he gets
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The New Sheridan Club: Charles is quickly frisked
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The New Sheridan Club: Now it's Frisax's turn
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The New Sheridan Club: What is this tucked into CB's belt?
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The New Sheridan Club: Rupert gingerly places the items on the stage—a bottle mineral water and a healthy salad!
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The New Sheridan Club: CB is made to feel suitably ashamed!