Showtime

Once we’d changed there was time for a quick drink before the wedding so I headed into the small bar. There just seemed to be one person struggling to cope with everyone’s order. We gathered in the blazing sunshine until we were called into the small chapel before the service. It was a small and quick service and it was a nice surprise to know that we knew the registrar. I signed the witness book and was the first person to congratulate them. My nieces looked beautiful in their gowns but it was hard to get a photograph of them all looking the same way. Then it was out onto the front lawn for group photographs. Once we’d been served orange juice and Buck’s fizz we retired into the rear garden via the owner’s house; there wasn’t a clear way marked through for us. There was a bouncy castle for the kids and I headed back up to the bar for more refreshments.