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Wedding report!
May. 3rd, 2005 02:09 pmFirstly, photos are up! http://eatin.fotopic.net/c525122.html.
The weekend was amazing, and remarkably disaster free ;) Made the ferry complete with UIM and their suits all in good time and got to Gretna without even getting lost. Sat evening was spent going HI to people as they arrived and getting stuck into the cider.
Very sensibly we had food, then a large contingent traipsed off upstairs to watch Dr. Who.
Well we weren't going to miss DALEKS! It was well worth it too, great episode, very sad at the end. Good old fashioned warehouse set and everything.
Then back to the bar for more drinking, hurrah! Tho SENSIBLE pre-wedding drinking of course.
Sunday morning was a bit of a worry, what with the HUGE thunderstorm and torrential rain and flooding, but it all passed in good time and even brightened up some. Got flurble from train, had usual last minute panics getting ready, including the only taxi in Gretna Green being Away and flurble's zip giving way just as the taxi did arrive. But we got there and it was all good.
The wedding itself was beautiful. Sally looked stunning (see pics), bridesmaids were amazing too. Even the groomsmen scrubbed up pretty well, overcoming a slight tendancy to look like hobbits dressed as penguins :p The service was lovely, with added anvil striking and then it was off to the bar for the eating, drinking and general celebrating, which included cake, disco with added kilty men, dancing, CHEESY CHIPS and garlic bread, lots of alcohol and a general good time being had by all.
Eventually The Only Taxi In Gretna came to take us away. The UIM came back to the b&b to help me drink some more cider, Gavin promptly passed out on the floor and Alan regaled me with tales of his complex lovelife while we got very stoned and more drunk. Not a bad end to the evening.
The b&b lady very kindly didn't seem to mind all of this the next morning and Gavin even got to eat Flurble's breakfast, tho poor Alan got none as I couldn't quite bring myself to explain I had 2 of them in there, not just one :p
After breakfast and checking out (by TEN, ouch) we went and got the boys stuff out of their hotel while I felt ILL, then finally took Gavin to the tacky shop so he could look at Wee Men and weapons (which he had been going out about since 8 that morning). Left them in their happy little world of mini-flails and little figures and took myself off to the bar for much drinking of coke and head clutching.
Eventually it was time to go, so farewells were said, UIM (now with added weaponry) gathered up and packed into the car. Made it to the ferry in good time and only had to confiscate the mini-flail once and forbid use of the big flail after a close shave with the windscreen, tho was tempted to use it on them myself after hours of terrifying and obscene clown references.
After some confusion getting back onto the ferry thanks to their wonderful new system, we made it on and clown terror aside, had an uneventful journey. Dropped the boys off at their various houses, and got to admire their collections of wee men, finally got home about 8 and collapsed.
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littlebluefish and kryptykfysh, I had a wonderful time ;)
The weekend was amazing, and remarkably disaster free ;) Made the ferry complete with UIM and their suits all in good time and got to Gretna without even getting lost. Sat evening was spent going HI to people as they arrived and getting stuck into the cider.
Very sensibly we had food, then a large contingent traipsed off upstairs to watch Dr. Who.
Well we weren't going to miss DALEKS! It was well worth it too, great episode, very sad at the end. Good old fashioned warehouse set and everything.
Then back to the bar for more drinking, hurrah! Tho SENSIBLE pre-wedding drinking of course.
Sunday morning was a bit of a worry, what with the HUGE thunderstorm and torrential rain and flooding, but it all passed in good time and even brightened up some. Got flurble from train, had usual last minute panics getting ready, including the only taxi in Gretna Green being Away and flurble's zip giving way just as the taxi did arrive. But we got there and it was all good.
The wedding itself was beautiful. Sally looked stunning (see pics), bridesmaids were amazing too. Even the groomsmen scrubbed up pretty well, overcoming a slight tendancy to look like hobbits dressed as penguins :p The service was lovely, with added anvil striking and then it was off to the bar for the eating, drinking and general celebrating, which included cake, disco with added kilty men, dancing, CHEESY CHIPS and garlic bread, lots of alcohol and a general good time being had by all.
Eventually The Only Taxi In Gretna came to take us away. The UIM came back to the b&b to help me drink some more cider, Gavin promptly passed out on the floor and Alan regaled me with tales of his complex lovelife while we got very stoned and more drunk. Not a bad end to the evening.
The b&b lady very kindly didn't seem to mind all of this the next morning and Gavin even got to eat Flurble's breakfast, tho poor Alan got none as I couldn't quite bring myself to explain I had 2 of them in there, not just one :p
After breakfast and checking out (by TEN, ouch) we went and got the boys stuff out of their hotel while I felt ILL, then finally took Gavin to the tacky shop so he could look at Wee Men and weapons (which he had been going out about since 8 that morning). Left them in their happy little world of mini-flails and little figures and took myself off to the bar for much drinking of coke and head clutching.
Eventually it was time to go, so farewells were said, UIM (now with added weaponry) gathered up and packed into the car. Made it to the ferry in good time and only had to confiscate the mini-flail once and forbid use of the big flail after a close shave with the windscreen, tho was tempted to use it on them myself after hours of terrifying and obscene clown references.
After some confusion getting back onto the ferry thanks to their wonderful new system, we made it on and clown terror aside, had an uneventful journey. Dropped the boys off at their various houses, and got to admire their collections of wee men, finally got home about 8 and collapsed.
Damn good weekend, thank you
littlebluefish and kryptykfysh, I had a wonderful time ;)
