Your Kent Wedding - July/August 2023 (Issue 109)

perfect day It was love at first sight for Jess and Sean when they found Westenhanger Castle Images courtesy of Smiley Huseyin Photography SUCH A For a while at least, Jess and Sean shared an attraction from afar at work, until Jess was off sick one day. “Sean decided it was time to play the romantic gentleman and ask if I was okay,” says Jess. A few messages led to a cosy winter walk and love blossomed. “I was attracted to everything about Jessica and still am,” Sean tells us. Sean proposed in October 2021, while the couple were away visiting the Elan Valley. They’d been out walking all day and had decided to spend a night in, relaxing in their shepherd’s hut. So, Jess went for a shower and while she was in there Sean left a note telling her to put a dress on and meet him outside. She dutifully did as he was asking and found him nervously waiting – he gave a small speech before asking her to marry him. When the pair began their venue search they quickly fell in love with Westenhanger Castle. “It’s simply beautiful,” Sean explains. “There’s so much character, from the boat in the grounds to the beauty of the dove cote inside. The choice of places to get married was amazing and we could just see ourselves tying the knot there.” They wasted no time in booking their date: 20th October, 2022. Read on as the groom, Sean, tells us more... 37 REAL WEDDINGS

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