THE WEDDING OF ALISON REYNOLDS AND DARREN WYATT

Special people Alison Reynolds and Darren Wyatt got married at the Great House Hotel in Laleston on Saturday, August 20^th.

As we all know the Welsh winter had already set in by then and threatened to ruin our more exotic plans.

The night before the big day, the Friday, the bridal couple had paid a visit to a rather soggy Coity Castle to see if it was possible to shoot some pictures within it’s romantic confines. The Castle itself looked as dramatic and inviting as ever but wet grass and mud are not things most brides associate with wedding dresses and satin shoes.

If it doesn’t rain on the day, we told ourselves. It did rain on the day….. and it stopped ……..and it rained again…… but our indomitable couple proved to be made of stern stuff, and undaunted we set off. We fled the wedding venue immediately after the ceremony and the glamorous bride swapped her high heels for something a little more resilient once we were through the Castle gateway. The old stones seemed to be waiting just for us and we spent a truly happy half hour exploring Coity’s nooks and crannies, it’s archways and bridges, it’s dungeons and towers. There is no doubt in my mind that the awesome history and dramatic beauty of the deserted ruin added a sense of adventure to what was already a perfect day.

THE WEDDING OF LINDSEY HULL AND JONAS THIEL

Lindsey and Jonas got married at the charming King Arthur Hotel in Reynoldston on the Gower Peninsula on Monday 15^th August 2011.

The plans made on a glorious day in May, were to escape to the beach for an hour of photography with sand, sea and solitude in the August sunshine following the ceremony.

Fate had other ideas, barely allowing the bride, looking like a traditional fairytale princess, time to cross the courtyard and join her assembled guests before the heavens opened.

However Hanna the delightful wedding planner had not only organised a superb meal for the couple and all their guests but had also thought to provide a large cream coloured umbrella which once it had been appropriated allowed us a brief spell by the hotel’s enchanting, small lake (large pond) and a little quiet time for the new Mr and Mrs Friel to be alone together.

No amount of rain could dampen the spirits of beautiful bride Lindsey Hull and her devoted bridegroom Jonas Thiel when they pledged their troth at the romantic King Arthur Hotel on the Gower peninsula on Monday 15th August 2011.

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