Last night we caught up with Gary & Glennis, John & Margaret, following Gary picking us up and taking us to the hotel/mansion venue for the wedding. A great setting!!! We also met Michael & Kathy – Sinead’s parents, as well as her sister Charlotte and partner Jamie.
We then went off to a restaurant some 20klm away to meet John and Bille & Pam, Michael & Sylvie. John somehow got lost and instead of arriving at around 8.00pm like us, they did not turn up until 9.30pm. Apparently at one stage they were following a man on a motorcycle who was trying to lead them to the restaurant.
A pleasant evening meal was had by all.
At the hotel breakfast we introduced ourselves to Martin & Joan and their family – Martin is Sinead’s uncle. We had a very casual enjoyable morning talking to them, before it was time to go and get ready for the wedding.
A bit of a disaster with the taxis, as we were assisting with transport for Mark and Indie, however other taxis were arriving but our booked one. We went in a taxi with Michael & Bernadette, who had arrived this morning from the UK. It was a real shuffle, but everyone got there in the end.
The wedding was great….The wedding party looked stunning. Small polaroid photos were taken of the guests as they arrived and later provided as a gift, in conjunction with a small bottle of whisky/port/brandy.
Michael felt a bit overdressed with a tie, so it was off with the tie not long after the ceremony. We were on a table with MC Gary & Glennis plus John & Maggie’s four friends we met last night. It was a great afternoon and evening, with great food, great camaraderie, good speeches followed by dancing inside late in the evening. The evening air was quite cool when sitting outside and we were all glad of a wrap or coat.
The young ones kicked on, whilst the older brigade headed home via taxis around 12.00 midnight.
The hotel room was not cool despite the windows open, so doona was off / on throughout the morning. We both arose next morning around 9.15am for breakfast a little bit drained.
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