Stephanie & Rob

Stephanie & Rob booked me a long time before their wedding and a lot happened leading up to their wedding.  Most notably the arrival of their their daughter Gracie.

 Gracie is such a sweet baby that there was no shortage of people keen to look after her during the day.

 Rob's speech seemed to be left quite late.

The orders of service were distinctive.

 Yanis and Gracie waited for the arrival of the bride, Rob was in good spirits.

 After the ceremony we stopped off briefly for some pictures with some very ominous weather approaching fast.

 The reception was at the Farmhouse Hotel, beautifully decorated for the wedding.

 As you may guess from the cake figurines, Rob is a very keen cricketer.

 That weather soon caught up with us, leaving some groups of guests marooned out in the garden by the extremely heavy rain.  But with the call to dinner made, they had to make the sprint.

 The page boy did a splendid job of announcing the entrance of the bride and groom.

 Wonder if Rob now thinks it was a mistake making his brother one of the best men?!

 After the cake cutting, someone quietly replicated the event!

 Soon it was time for the dancing as night approached.

 A few found the pool irresistible, we'll keep the full length bikini shot for the private gallery!

 I'll finish off this post with a very appropriate tag left on the wedding tree.

Jeremy & Jen - a touching proposal story

We covered a great story last Sunday.  Jeremy had spent many weeks planning his big proposal.
Remarkably neither couple are local and while Jeremy has friends here this was Jen's first visit to Guernsey.  While on a cruise the ship was due to stop over for a day in Guernsey and Jeremy had made elaborate plans.

He had appealed for local volunteers and it was wonderful to see a good group of people give up some of their own time to be involved.

The plan started with a picnic hidden on the cliff top above Petit Port bay.

As soon as the tide was low enough the team got to work.  Neap tides meant that there wasn't much time to get the message done, just enough beach was available as the tide dropped.

 A bit of cliff top direction ensured the main message was put in the right place.

 On the beach itself it was a busy time as seaweed was cleared.  Measurements and guides were made before the sand was raked to make the message itself.

The friendly side of our island was much in evidence, where else would you get such a team volunteering for a couple no-one had met?

 With the message completed the wait was on for Jeremy and Jen to arrive on the cliff top overlooking the beach.

 The big question approached!

 Absolutely to within a minute of the expected time Jeremy led a blindfolded Jen into view on the cliff path, before she removed the blindfold to see the message.  She was taken totally by surprise.

 Of course she said yes!  The now engaged couple spent a while together and then the boat for the second part of the plan came into view.

 After descending the steps to Petit Port Jen soon wrote her reply in the sand and then they were taken off to nearby Saints Harbour for a barbecue prepared by Sueco.

 What an idyllic place to spent the rest of the afternoon and what a pleasure it was to be involved in such a touching story.