Your Devon and Cornwall Wedding - Page number 35 - September/October 2021 (Issue 33)

BRING ME sunshine Danielle and George’s big day at Rockbeare Manor followed a lemon-yellow colour theme Images courtesy of Lee Hatherall Photography Danielle and George Whitelock married on 27 th June 2021 at Rockbeare Manor in Exeter. D anielle and George met at work in The Elephant by Simon Hulstone, a restaurant in Torquay. “George was one of the chefs and I worked as a waitress,” Danielle tells us. “He had moved to Devon from London and didn’t know anyone in the area. He’d spend his days off going to the cinema or eating dinner on his own so I offered to join him as a friend. After the first few cinema outings, I soon realised how caring and funny he was. We’d flirt with each other at work and romantic feelings started to develop but we didn’t want to make things official because George was planning to go travelling. When this time came, we realised that we didn’t want things to end so we decided to embark on a long-distance relationship. We spent five months apart before I flew out to Bali for a two-week holiday. We then had a further six months enjoying a long-distance romance before we were reunited in Australia for New Year’s Eve. After travelling around Australia, New Zealand and China together, we returned to the UK to start saving for a house deposit.” The couple became engaged during a surprise proposal. “George planned a secret trip away for our fifth anniversary,” Danielle explains. “I didn’t know where we were going but I had my suspicions that this might be when he’d pop the question - and I was right! He had booked us a beautiful cottage in the Cotswolds and planned every last detail of the weekend, even down to the postcodes for car parks because he knows I get panicked if there is nowhere to park! On the day he proposed, he took me to Bourton-on-the-Water for a cream tea and a stroll around. Then we drove to Arlington Row, which is probably the most beautiful street that I have ever walked along, and on our return to the cottage, George suggested that we enjoy some drinks. He played a selection of our favourite songs before getting down on one knee and asking me to marry him. The entire day was perfect from start to finish and I felt like the luckiest girl in the world.” Here, Danielle tells us all about their lemon- themed day at Rockbeare Manor. REAL WEDDINGS 35