RUNAWAY BRIDE Logged on to Your North East Wedding with thoughts of the two of you eloping? Consider Northumberland’s Langley Castle, currently experiencing a boom in ‘elopement-moons’ – that’s an elopement wedding and honeymoon rolled into one. Located in Langley-on-Tyne, near Hexham, the venue has seen a surge in enquiries for its ‘Weddings for Two’ package, a speciality at the Medieval castle since creating its How to Enjoy the Perfect UK Elopement guide. This means you can marry at Langley and then stay on for your honeymoon, having no guests to escape from or stress of getting to the airport on time. The 14th century fairy-tale castle has many romantic nooks and crannies to explore, including raised window seats in the drawing room and castle bedrooms perfect for ‘we’ time. The 2AA Josephine’s dining room has tables nestled in alcoves, ideal for an intimate candlelit dinner, while you can also enjoy the 10-acre grounds, choosing to say ‘I do’ in the woodland weddings area, adorned with fairylights and decorated with floral bouquets. “We know how to make an elopement-moon super-special,” says Langley Castle’s executive general manager, Margaret Livingstone-Evans. “With us you can enjoy extraordinary photography on our magnificent battlements, take a romantic stroll along Bamburgh Beach, then snuggle up in blankets in our summerhouse, watching our resident peacocks strut past.” A wedding for two and a two-night stay at Langley Castle costs £1,520, including the ceremony, witnesses, Champagne and canapés, Northumbrian breakfasts and candlelit dinners. The elopement-moon package can be extended for additional days, which costs £375 per castle room, per night, on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis. Visit www.langleycastle.co.uk to find out more – and turn to page 16 to discover more of the delights the venue has on offer. WINE IT DOWN Planning your wedding day will involve plenty of tears and tantrums, so with this in mind head over to The Wedding Taylor’s ‘Wine and Whine’ Instagram story every Wednesday at 7:30pm to talk wedding woes with plenty of fellow brides-to-be. Run by Morpeth wedding planner Hannah Taylor, the idea behind the evening’s chat all started from a catch up between Hannah and her friends. “Once a week we head out for a glass of vino and moan about the past seven days,” she says. “It makes us feel so much better to get any issues off our chests that I realised it would have a positive effect on future brides, too.” Couples send in their questions or complaints about any number of topics, then Hannah spends the evening answering questions and talking through any problems. “It’s a great way to meet other brides, plus you’ll see everyone struggles with the same issues. You could even stumble across the answer to a question that you hadn’t thought to ask. It’s a lot of fun – and I get many ladies saying they’ll still come and join me every Wednesday… even after they’re married!” Log on to The Wedding Taylor’s Instagram story each Wednesday at 7:30pm by visiting www.instagram.com/theweddingtaylor – or find out more about Hannah’s wedding planning services by visiting the website http://theweddingtaylor.com YOU BEAUTY! Want to look your very best for the big day? Be sure to book up for Durham make-up artist Lyndsey Morgan’s new prewedding pamper packages, with LVL, dermaplaning and brow shapes and tints now available alongside her regular make-up services. “LVL is a treatment that gives the natural lashes length, volume, lift and colour,” explains Lyndsey, Make up Artist of the Year finalist in the 2022 English Hair & Beauty Awards. “It’s perfect for opening up the eye area and a fab alternative to false lashes, lasting between six to eight weeks. Dermaplaning, meanwhile, is a manual exfoliation technique using a medical-grade scalpel to gently remove dead skin and peach fuzz. It’s a quick procedure that gives immediate results, diminishing the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and superficial pigmentation. Alternatively, why not book me for a brow shape and tint, tidying and refining your eyebrows while keeping a soft and enhanced look ready for your bridal make-up?” Visit www.lyndseymorgan-makeup.co.uk to find out more. https://garywalsh.co.uk 10
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTA0NTE=