Stick with "High" for everything. Don't bother with controls - they won't be effective anyway.

Don't forget to plan for emergencies - always carry a mobile phone and a credit card - or even better a name tag with your home address - a la Paddington Bear!

Keep away from tattoo parlours and the name 'Ivor Biggun' is not funny in the mornings :-)

Hen Parties, my advice - don't even think about it ???????

Issue everyone with a paddle before you start. I always end up without one when I find myself up a creek at the end of a stag do.

On a serious note with regard to any types of parties involving excessive consumption of alcohol at non-domestic venues and/or travel home afterwards, spare a thought for the employees of organisations who have to deal with drunken people who are unruly or aggressive or become especially vulnerable to injury because of their self-inflicted condition. The spectrum of such employees is wide and includes bus drivers, security staff, e.g. bouncers at night clubs, staff at railway stations and on trains, police officers, ambulance paramedics and doctors and nurses working in hospital A&E departments. I know of a former A&E consultant who chose to leave casualty medicine some years ago mainly through frustration with having to cope with ever-increasing numbers of patients who are very drunk. TV documentaries about A&E departments contain ample examples of such patients and incapable of co-operating with staff or, worse still, threaten them. Though actual assaults tend not to be shown on TV, it seems that many A&E doctors and nurses have either been assaulted by drunken patients or know close colleagues who have suffered such experiences. Firesafety101 - I would find it difficult not to think about hen parties! This is because in recent years on buses and trains I've observed gaggles of women, usually youngish, wearing outlandish garb and/or hats which immediately proclaim to others that they are hen party groups. On an occupational note, it seems that stag parties and hen parties have become a significant source of income for firms which produce clothing and accessories specifically for such events. The same can be said for venue operators and those who work as professional organisers of such events, particularly residential type ones for groups whether in the UK or abroad.

What could happen is you can let people go out and enjoy themselves and if this is drinking to much, eating to much, being sick etc. then leave them to it. I appreciate that people woork in such venues tat this happens but like every thing some one has to and if they didn't like then they should get out.

A quick update on last Saturday evening's outing Every one had a good drink and enjoyed a good curry Some were picked up by spouses, some went home on the train and some caught a bus Groom lost his two future brother-in-laws until the early hours- they got lost in high street of a small sea side town and had to phone home to get address of where they were staying - not appreciated by their better half's. No one suffered from alcohol poisoning or food poisoning Every body is still speaking to each other and looking forward to the Wedding on Friday (more drinking and eating)

Glad to hear all went well - I said the mobile phone would come in handy!!