Your Hampshire & Dorset Wedding - Mar/Apr 2020 (Issue 79)

A FAMI LY Abbie and Ryan Long were married at Balmer Lawn Hotel in the New Forest on 13 th June, 2019. Abbie and Ryan pulled off their big day in only 28 days Images courtesy of Kimberley Garrod Photography affair A bbie and Ryan went to the same school but didn’t get together until later. “Ryan was one of my brother’s friends and we met up again at my niece’s first birthday,” explains Abbie. Two-and-a-half years afterwards Ryan popped the question at home on Christmas Day, 2016. Abbie’s brother had already given the game away when, a few days before while talking to Ryan on speaker phone in the car, he let slip about her ring size. When it came to planning the wedding, after receiving sad news of a loved one’s ill health, they decided to bring the date forward, in order to make sure they could be there on the day. It left only 28 days to organise everything. “All of the local suppliers we used went far and beyond to make sure we could have what we wanted in the limited timescale available. Without their help and the support of our family and wedding planner Ruth, I’m not sure our day would have been as special as it was.” Read on for more of Abbie’s account... REAL WEDDINGS 41 