From the minute we viewed Ridgeway Golf Course, we knew it was our venue. Bill, the owner, was so open and honest with us and even told us not to jump straight in and go look at other venues, which we did, but nothing came close to Ridgeway Golf Course. It was the ideal size for us, with a separate ceremony room to the reception marquee. Everything was included in the price, including cars, a magic mirror, decorations, a sweet cart, a DJ, a three-course wedding breakfast and much more. We honestly thought that the price was way too good to be true and there must be a catch somewhere, but there wasn’t. As a student nurse during the time of planning the wedding and only qualifying two months before, booking Ridgeway Golf Course literally took all the stress out of planning as they did everything for us. Our cake was designed by Dan and created by Temptation Cakes. It was a four-tier creation with a half-and-half design. The front was green with navy flowers and the back had the St John Ambulance Cymru logos on it. The top tier was the badger logo, as I am a badger officer; the second tier was the cadet logo, as Dan is a deputy cadet officer; the third tier had the Adult St John Treharris logo; and the bottom tier had the message that Dan sent me that got us talking. It was put on a rotating cake stand, so it constantly rotated all day until it was cut. Our flowers were green and navy and we also incorporated the green into our favour bags. For our wedding favours, we wanted to remember the people who are no longer with us, so we decided to make donations and buy trolley tokens from charities that our loved ones died from or have affected our families. We initially wanted everything in the colour Kelly green as this was the closest colour we could find to our St John Ambulance Cymru uniform. Unfortunately, getting everything in that shade of green proved to be a nightmare; that’s where we brought the navy in. The men had navy tailcoats, the bridesmaids were dressed in navy and we brought the Kelly green into the table name cards. 26
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