Wedding Belle

Everyone loves a wedding so it was with great enjoyment that we shared in our God-Daughter's marriage on Saturday. The wedding party were wonderfully relaxed in their finery, contributing to the ambient atmosphere in both Beltingham Church and Dissington Hall.   Despite alarming predictions of dire weather, the day remained cool but dry until late evening with occasional bursts of sunlight shining through. And with relatives out in force, we spent our time waiting to greet the bridal group by defining our relationships with the "Happy Couple"......  "So
pleased to meet you. I'm Sarah, the Bride's Mother's Cousin's wife!  And you??"

An Ancient and Modern Royal Wedding

I wasn’t going to get caught up in Royal Wedding fever but as I stopped on in Chesham to help Richard and Mavis after her stroke, I found myself being swept along with it…and thoroughly enjoying the experience.  No one does pageantry as well as the British.   I thought the whole event was a wonderfully understated but appropriately regal event, the juxtaposition of ancient horse drawn carriages carrying senior royals along side a fleet of modern mini-buses for lesser dignitaries merely serving as a reminder of the quaint eccentricities we Brits cherish and are rightly noted for across the world