Sunday, July 16, 2006

The Wedding

Well it has been a fantastic day for all I think.

Jules and Peter have just headed off to The Ritz in London (tomorrow they are off to The Maldives for their honeymoon), I am a little tipsy and Jen is off to Stansted for her flight to Lake Garda tomorrow morning.

The wedding itself went very smoothly. Jules looked fantastic, Jen was pretty good as well. In fact we all scrubbed up okay (unfortunately I don't have any photos).

It was held at Old Wardour castle, an English Heritage property near(ish) to Salisbury. We all stayed in Salisbury last night (went to a proms concert) and started early this morning.

Jules' hairdresser got her times mixed up, so I had to go and help Jen out with a couple of things, but it all went pretty smoothly for Peter and I. Although the photographer was there while we were getting ready which was a little strange.

Peter and I got a taxi out to the castle and I set up the last remaining things we needed before we went into the room where the ceremony was being held to wait for Jules and Jen to arrive. They were a little late, but it was all good once the arrived. The ceremony was short but beautiful.

We then had pictures (and a nice drink) around the castle, before heading over to Stockhill House in Gillingham for some lunch.

The house itself is a lovely place - an old Victorian Mansion converted into a hotel and restaurant. The owners fussed over us while we ate and we all had a great time (the food was fantastic as well).

And that was the day. I thought it might be a little strange with it just being the four of us, but it really wasn't. It turned out to be a great day!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Yes, it was indeed a fantastic day!

But everything was not quite as smooth as you recall - you and I had some crazy cufflink mixup, where you left yours at home, but I for some time thought you had left them both yours and mine at home! Everything was alright in the end, thanks to some cunningly procured safety pins! ;-)