Emily and Will met at Bath Spa University but it wasn’t until years later that they came across each other on a dating app and decided to go from a drink. “Will proposed on the evening of 17th September 2020, on a pier at the Liberty Lara resort in Antalya, Turkey,” Emily tells us. “We visited the pier to take some photos and everyone seemed to be leaving so we had it to ourselves. Will told me that he had an accessory to add to our photographs and got down on one knee before presenting me with a stunning solitaire ring that he had designed himself and had made which was a wonderful surprise - I didn’t even see the ring for the first few minutes because I was crying happy tears!” SETTING THE SCENE The Manor Estate was the first venue that the couple viewed and they both fell in love with it. “We knew that we wanted to have the ceremony and reception in the same place and this allowed us to do that,” Emily says. “It’s a 17th-century manor house with beautiful gardens and grounds and the barn itself has exposed brick walls. I could visualize how our wedding would be decorated and the venue coordinator, Pippa, was so helpful - we knew as soon as we met her that she would be able to deliver the perfect day exactly how we wanted.” Emily designed the couple’s centrepieces “Whilst we were having our couple portraits taken, we kept looking at each other and saying can you believe it’s our wedding day - it felt very surreal.” - Emily andWill REAL WEDDINGS 23
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