Your Devon and Cornwall Wedding - July/August 2024 (Issue 50)

vibes BOHO Mel and Tom enjoyed a bohemian and vintageinspired wedding decorated with an abundance of flowers Images courtesy of Charlotte Atherton Photography Melanie Jenkins (Mel) and Thomas Harrison (Tom) married at Hayne Devon on the 1st of July 2023. Mel and Tom met at a drum and bass night in Leeds when they were at university in the city. “We both love raving and drum and bass music and having fun,” Mel tells us. “We kissed early on, but then remained friends for five years before finally getting together as a couple.” Tom proposed at a cabin the couple loved to stay at in Cornwall. “This place has been very therapeutic for us individually and our relationship,” Mel says. “After a beautiful autumnal day, Tom spontaneously got down on one knee in the mud by the fire and made a moving speech about finally realising what’s important to him and begged me to let him spend the rest of his life making it up to me for putting up with him. I said, “Go on then, when you put it like that!” He tied a piece of organic matter around my finger instead of a ring and the next day we purchased a ring from a nearby scenic coastal town that was suitably organic looking, with a wood grain effect.” 33 REAL WEDDINGS

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