Your Sussex Wedding - Dec/Jan 2019 (Issue 82)

Rockin ’ around THE CHRISTMAS TREE Holly and Josh injected a healthy dose of Christmas cheer into their nuptials on 22 nd December, 2018 Images courtesy of Amanda Lucas Photography H aving met through mutual friends as teenagers, Holly and Josh were together 10 years before becoming engaged. The couple were living on the West Coast of Australia at the time, when they decided to take a month-long road trip over to the East Coast. Holly remembers, “On our second to last day, we were driving to Cairns and Josh pulled over so we could have one last walk on the beach. There wasn’t another soul in sight and that’s when he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him!” Although her family in the UK had known of the proposal plan for three months, it came as a complete surprise to Holly. St Peter’s, Henfield, was an easy choice for the ceremony as the bride had grown up in the town and her parents still live there. Naturally, the church was very personal to them. Likewise, the decision to celebrate at South Lodge seemed straight forward as it ticked all the boxes for the couple straight away. Holly explains, “It complemented our classic black tie Christmas theme wonderfully, and because we chose a date in December, we knew if the weather was bad we’d still have plenty of space inside for us all to enjoy.” Read on as Holly shares more memories of the big day… REAL WEDDINGS 53 