Well, for the last few days we have been gearing up for the wedding of Tim and Joanne and finally the day has arrived. The sun was shining as Joanne left to have her hair done, then after a light snack for lunch we all headed off to the Weybridge Registry office for the formal part of the day.The service was about 30 minutes long and was in a very nice room which easily allowed the 30 people who attended space to see the action. We then went outside for photographs in the sun, Yes the sun was shining all day and the temperature was around 13C, not bad for November.
Following the official part of the day we all departed to the Hurtwood Inn Hotel which is located approximately 25 miles away in Peaslake near Guildford. This is a beautiful part of the country and the Hotel is surrounded by rolling hills filled with sheep.
The reception was quite small just close family and friends, making for a lovely intimate occasion. The Hotel did a sterling job in keeping the event running and provided a lovely buffet which we all enjoyed.
The speeches were opened by Tim and then Joanne followed by David, Tim's elder brother who said that it was impossible to find any faults with Tim for him to expand on. Noel then did his Father of the Bride speech which had humour, facts, more humour and then an initiation for Tim into the Groves very special 'Parrot Club'.
As this was always going to be a quiet and private function Noel had some tricks up his sleeve including T-Shirts for the men with old photos of Joanne as a Brownie and Tim in his Robin Hood outfit, both photos were taken when they were about seven years old.
Noel also had two shirts which were covered with other photos of Joanne at varying ages,these were worn to great effect by Noel and Michael.In the evening a few other friends arrived for a quiet drink in the private room and the event finished about midnight when everybody was getting a little tired.
On Sunday morning we all left the Hotel around 11.30 and then Joanne and Tim were heading off to Dunster in Devon for their honeymoon for one week.
We wish them well in their new life together as man and wife.
NB. All wedding photos are on the Phanfare Picture Blog, so follow the link to
http://noelgroves.phanfare.com/4432050#imageID=85879007
