It was the hottest Saturday on record; not just warm, but apocalyptically so. After a day sitting inside with the curtains drawn and the fan on, I braved the evening heat and met Team Amelia south of the river for the Muks soiree at the managing director, Jaime Cooke’s flat. We found ourselves outside a converted school, complete with separate boys, girls and infants entrances. Once we found the correct entrance for each of us, we were welcomed into the most beautiful flat ever with sash windows, high ceilings and a very well behaved weimaraner, called Jasper. The sight of Mountain Dew behind the bar snapped me out of my reverie. I swear this had been discontinued, but was glad to see this was a main ingredient in a selection of cocktails – yum. Apart from the drinks and the architecture, we got a lovely preview of the next seasons Muks shoes, learnt the rules of roller derby from some skating aficionados and decided that crimped hair is definitely making a comeback: it was a good start to a well-coiffed, roller derbying summer

The lovely Jaime Cooke and Rebekah Roy

Photographs courtesy of Alistair Guy