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My wife and I… are pleased to report that we have returned safely from a wonderful honeymoon in Devon and are drifting gently back down to earth after Thursday’s party and the long weekend of reverie.

Thanks to everyone who made the big day such a success…

• The florist, Joanne King, who listened to our uninformed meanderings about colours and shapes and turned that into a magnificent floral display.
• The driver, John Pike, who supplied the coolest wedding car we’ve ever seen and who timed the arrival of the bride perfectly.
• Katie, Julie & co at Marwell Hall for making the venue second to none.
• The Chris Walker Swingtet, who swung, brilliantly, and managed to play all the important requests including ‘Bring Me Sunshine’.
• Dahlia, Rachel, Joe and everyone else at Marwell Hotel for making everything appear to run so smoothly when they were probably working hard.
• Groom’s Mum for the welsh cakes.
• Jo Breeze for reading during the ceremony.
• The photographer, Kaspar Gobell, for delivering exactly what he promised, a photographer who we barely noticed, with the capability of taking formal portraits and also mingling for intimate informal shots throughout. Anyone looking for a photographer who can be relied upon to capture an un-repeatable event could do a lot worse than calling Kaspar on 01590 676 944
• Lucinda and Janet the registrars, for giving the ceremony both gravity and good humour.
• Hugh Harris formal hire for making the suit hire a thing of ease and pleasure (after we’d been everywhere else we wish we’d found them first)
• Zoe from Foxy Lady for doing all the ladies hair.
• Band of Gold Bridal House, for friendliness, time, expertise, and fantastic fitting rooms - basically for making Em look fantastic on the big day.
• Charlie for looking after the Groom (and Kate for looking after Charlie and the flowers)
• Ali & Alex for the Welsh blessing.
• Jon, Steve and Karen for capturing everything on video.
• Tim and Caroline for the stag night and organisational suggestions (see Salty Monk).
• Andy and Annette at The Salty Monk for doing superb food and rooms - we’ll be back
• Jo and Lily for being cute in photos.
• Geth for providing all the music that the DJ didn’t have.
• Mark and Debs for collecting the penguin suits.
• Parents for financial & emotional input - and for letting us do what we wanted - we think it worked out about right :)

Finally, thanks to all the guests for coming - it was wonderful to see you all.