During the day, we just wanted people to chat, eat, drink and enjoy themselves, so we didn’t have any entertainment as such. However, Rich and I are both huge fans of the TV show Taskmaster, so we put silly challenges on every table. We encouraged our guests to take photos of themselves doing the tasks and upload them to the WedShoots App so that we could have a good laugh afterwards. As a nod to Rich’s emergency questions that he brought to our first date, we also made little booklets of daft questions for our guests to ask each other. For me, it was really important to let my bridesmaids choose their outfits, and I was happy for them to wear any colours or styles that they liked and felt comfortable in. Not having a colour scheme gave them loads of flexibility, but in the end, they all settled on navy blue, which happens to be my favourite colour. My dress was called Olive by Monsoon, and I loved it as soon as I saw it. I wanted to be comfortable on the day, and the slightly unstructured style fitted well with our overall ambience. My veil came from a designer on Etsy and was covered in embroidered flowers, and my shoes were embellished flats that I bought secondhand on eBay. We used a vintage Citroën Traction Avant, which I found through a classic car owners’ club. Kelvin, a local enthusiast who owned the car, very kindly drove us on the day. Rich wore a blue checked suit from House Of Cavani. His tie went brilliantly with the beautiful orange gerberas that our florist provided for the buttonholes. Rich and I wanted a grazing buffet, and Westwoods Kitchen did an incredible job. It was like an afternoon tea crossed with a big picnic, which our guests loved. In the evening, we had pizza from Dirty Donkey Ltd, a company started in lockdown by four lads I used to teach. They did a fabulous job, and their company has gone from strength to strength – it was great fun getting selfies with them in the pizza van! REAL WEDDINGS 39
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