A Wedding in a Castle

Last month was my brother Jons wedding so Mike and I headed off up north to Cumbria for the event. The wedding was being held in a beautiful place called Augill Castle, a favourite venue for Jon and Jo's band.

Jon and Jo had sole use of the castle for the weekend so when we arrived there they were standing at the door to greet everyone as if it were their own home. Our room was amazing, breathtaking views, our very own turrets no less and the biggest bed you have ever seen. The bath also lived up to the bed on the sizeometer too. All the rooms were like this so we all spent the first hour or so nosing around everyone elses boudoirs.

Saturday night and Jon and Jo had organised dinner for friends where we all sat around a huge dining table eating gorgeous food. It was a great evening and I was able to catch up with some of Jons oldest friends, people I haven't seen for years. What was also so good was that most people spoke to us about Ruby and said how sorry they were and I was able to show photos of her to a few people. That made me feel so proud.


The wedding was the following day and Jon and Jo both looked amazing. I have never seen Jon look so happy. Following the ceremony we all took lots of photos outside in the grounds armed with glasses of pimms. The evening celebrations continued and a polaroid camera was provided for all guests to take a photos and add a caption. Lucy and James had planned to sabotage the happy couples car so armed with keys we all snuck out to blow up as many balloons as was humanly possible and stuffed them all in their car. The traditonal just married and tin cans finalised the makeover and we slipped in a polaroid of the guilty gang on the dashboard for good measure.

The following day we watched Jon and Jo pull off in their car complete with balloons towards their campsite where they were about to start their tour of the UK in their silver van.



This was the first time Mike and I really enjoyed ourselves since we had Ruby, it was such a great weekend. A long, wet and windy drive back down south completed our lovely trip away,