Lucy Cavendish College asked me to photograph guests at their riverside May Bumps party. I was expecting a large marquee crammed next to all the other colleges’ increasingly corporately styled functions but was very pleasantly surprised. Tucked away in a delightful private meadow, the party was relaxed and very informal.

The Lucy Cavendish Boat Club obliged by achieving a decisive victory in the annual May Bumps competition and won the 2014 Pegasus Cup – not a bad day at all.