August 2008

We met at Elmley Castle on bank holiday Monday for a walk up Bredon Hill (where Mark proposed!) - and lots of people turned up - and 3 dogs too! It was nice and windy to blow away the hangovers…

We got back from our honeymoon on Saturday afternoon and Mark went out in Cheltenham with his uni mates. I had Mum, Liz, Aimee and Katie round for tea, drink and nails! Then me, katie and Liz went out for drinks…

The first two nights of our honeymoon were spent in a hotel by lake Windermere - The Beech Hill Hotel. We had our own little beach that no one else seemed to use - and jemima LOVED it!

We could hardly sleep through nervousness and excitement! After an early morning walk we felt a whole lot better…

We set off on Sunday 17th August… The opal fruit gang: Me, Mark, Jemima, Liz, Charlie, Sprout and Freddie (they’re the campervans) - brummmmmmmmmmmmm, brummmmmmmmmmmmm….

The third wedding of August before ours was Carlyn and Paul’s. And it was BRILLIANT fun - and at the same time VERY emotional! They got married at St Mary’s Church in Elmley Castle and then had their reception at Paul’s farm - the food was REALLY nice and i loved the dogs!

Mostly this week I’ve been sorting out preperations for our wedding! It is VERY exciting!!! We’ve been to have a final check out of the fleece and love it!

On Friday I went to Guiting Power to help ellen and chris with the transformation of the village hall for their wedding reception and I saw a massive deer in a field on the way which really made my day! The hall looked amazing…

Here are the TOP 20 selling greeting card designs from Alice Palace…

had to get up particularly early this morning to take Mark into work - and went out for an early morning ride on Albi with jemima and managed to see many animals (watched the film Miss Potter last night) ... a deer leaping through a field of corn alongside us for ages, a pigeon with a broken wing an…

wonderful thing no 1. well, last night I went along to Giffords Circus at Frampton on Severn - and it was absolutely AMAZING. It’s a bit like when I got back from Orkney and wanted/actually thought I’d become a farmer - I now want to/think I am actually going to run away and be a part of the circus…