Friday, June 30, 2006

My best man’s wedding!

My best man's wedding. It's been a long time coming! Having known each other for almost as long as Rachel and me, Leonard and Libby finally tied the knot two weeks ago. It was a glorious day. Rachel and I travelled down to Somerset the day before and checked into the inn down the road. It was very nice at the Hood Arms, the staff were friendly and they had a lovely old dog who roamed around the bar. We got up early the next day, and having some hours to kill had a trip down to Kilve beach.



Apparently it's a Site of Specific Scientific Interest, something to do with lots of fossils. We had a lovely walk along the coastal path, and met lots of the local wildlife - butterflies, rabbits, foxes (not trying to eat the rabbits amazingly). We managed to catch site of the house where the wedding was to take place, which looked amazing. The manor house (St. Audries Park) was as impressive close to as it was from afar. Great towers loomed, the walls draped with ivy, and the inside decorated with more oak than in the wood outside! The ceremony was lovely, they married in the Orangery and we had Champagne in the sunshine afterwards.



There was a croquet lawn, which brought the male competetive instincts (including my own). Dinner was delicious, a string quartet played throughout. Trying to film the speeches was a little tricky as we were right at the back, but we still heard Len's Best Man's slip up!


Anyway, the weekend was finished off nicely by visiting our Goddaughter Nicole, and the rest of the family. They really are growing fast! Won't be long until we've got a small person of our own to care for, he/she is due in just over six weeks!

1 Comments:

At 7:19 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Michael,
Just read your post on friendsreunited and managed to find this site so i could contact you. CONGRATULATIONS!!! Looks like you have a beautiful baby son. Hope all is going well for the the three of you.
Take care,
Clare Philliskirk

 

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