Jarad and Abby's wedding

 Greetings

Our godson. Jarad  got married on the last weekend in September.

Where does the time go? It can't be that long ago that he was was buzzing round my knees and we were Castle hunting in Shropshire... But- reality check- he's actually nearly thirty and married...

The wedding was in Welbourne (near Lincoln) and ( as it was an option) we took the medieval tent and set up in the field next to the village hall( where the reception would be)

As you can see, we were in glorious isolation. Here's a closer shot..

We drove up on the Friday. I was a bit of a slog. We hit several delays and our Sat Nav took us on a couple of pointless detours, but we got there -eventually- and set up .

As there had to be two camp beds in the tent, there wasn't much room for anything else, so we set up tables under the awning.

The last time we had been in the area had been for Annie and Chris's handfasting, when there had been quite of fellow campers. This time there was just us and  Jess and her family in a camper van, who arrived on the Saturday, but had a lot less to set up.

The Saturday was a very nice day and we were actually at the church, dressed and ready, early, so we helped the vicar put hymn books out. (Yes, I got Teddy there early- It's not easy, but it can happen)

The wedding went well, despite the efforts of one small boy, who clung, limpet-like, to his mother when she had to get up to do a reading and that made a crawling dash for freedom down the central passageway ( It's not an aisle- aisles are the passageways on the outside of the arcade), actions we all fervently hoped would be well recorded and brought back to haunt him in later life.

Here are some pictures I rapidly snapped outside the church.

The last of these is Ellie ( our Goddaughter, Jared's sister), who is now  in her mid twenties.

The reception was very nice and went well. We did not engage in the dancing( particularly as the music volume was 10-20% too loud for the room size and the band just wouldn't believe that- They could have played unplugged and been well loud enough in that room) and a good time was had by all.

We could have done without the weather turning wet halfway through the night and continuing wet right through out pack down the next morning,

We opted to use Teddy Nav on the way back. We still hit a few delays, but at least we had a better idea of where we were...

The shed resumed it's' explosion in a canvas factory' appearance for a couple of days- until the various bits had dried out- again..

Until next time

Adieu