Nuptials

No not ours. One of reasons we are here in Tewkesbury is that Jon and Caroline had decided to get married.Today was the big event. We weren’t required until mid-afternoon so we spent a quiet day at the hotel, sitting on our balcony - or when it got too hot, sheltering in our lounge.

Rebecca arrived mid-morning. She couldn’t check-in until the afternoon, so she came to our room to chat and get changed. She was in the party that attended the actual wedding service, so her taxi came to collect her at 11:30.

We followed on at 15:30 and pulled into the car park just behind Denise and Dom. The venue was the most enchanting location you could imagine. Birtsmorton Court is a medieval moated manor with the earliest parts dating back to the 13th Century. On a sunny day such as today it was like an imaginary castle from a film.

The wedding breakfast (why do they call it that, when it was clearly lunch?) was just dispersing as we arrived and we were directed to the lawns where we could mingle while being entertained by a couple of member of Alan’s band. Diane and I took the opportunity to wander round the outside of the manor and have a good look from every aspect. Returning to the lawns we chatted with Denise and Dom, Rebecca, Craig and Caroline, and various other guests. A drone was used to take group photos (or were they videos?). I will be interested to see how they turn out.

We were directed back to the outbuildings and lawns where they had had the Wedding Breakfast. The rest of the evening was spent there. An ice cream cart was providing cooling cornets, A pizza truck arrived and fired up the oven. Throughout the rest of the evening pizzas were provided on demand (the only problem with this was that it was the sole choice - and Diane doesn’t eat pizza… and hadn’t eaten since breakfast (fortunately we had some shortbread in the hotel room).

The whole event was superb. Alan’s band took to the stage at about 21:00. It was a bit loud inside so we remained out on the lawn. They did sound very good and there loads of people up and dancing. Having checked that Rebecca had a lift back to hotel, we said our goodbyes and headed back here to Puckrup Hall.

What an excellent day.