Your North West Wedding- December 2020/Janaury 2021 (Issue 65)

REAL WEDDINGS 29 entertainment, but as we weren’t allowed a reception, he said he’d come play at our service and come back when we can have a big celebration.” MEMORABLE MOMENTS “Lots of people asked if I was nervous in the run- up to the wedding,” Lee shares. “I would respond with ‘why would I be nervous when I know this is the woman for me?’ I know everyone must say this, but my favourite part of the day was watching my beautiful bride walk down the aisle.” As a result of the pandemic, the couple had to re-plan their big day three times. “We had to decide whether we wanted to wait to get married or have a small celebration,” says the bride. “We wanted to get married for us but also so people like my 92-year-old grandma would definitely be there. The wedding may have been strange with everyone wearing masks in the church, but it was still magical. We live-streamed the whole thing so that everyone who couldn’t be there in person could still be part of our special day. We streamed the speeches from the back garden reception, and as the best men weren’t allowed to attend, they filmed theirs and sent it over to us. They used the theme of a COVID-19 wedding to bring some much needed light-hearted banter to the day. They changed Borris’ quote to ‘stay safe, protect the wedding, save the marriage’ and every time they said this, we had to do a shot.” Bethany and Lee have decided to host a bigger celebration at a later date. “We’re looking forward to celebrating when things got back to normal,” shares Bethany. “We had planned to do it in December 2020, but that wasn’t possible in the current climate, so we have chosen to postpone it and use it as a one-year anniversary party. This will mean it will have been the fifth time we planned our wedding after having to change our plans so many times.” HONEYMOON “We had a long weekend away just outside of Windermere,” reveals the bride. “It was lovely to get away from everyday life and relax and reflect. When the world gets back to some normality, we will go further afield.” 