Playing the long game

The long road to this day began in March 1999 on Tom's 16th birthday when Nicola agreed to go out with him. Nicola's mum (our geography teacher) wasn't keen on how disruptive it would be for her GCSEs.

When they said they were engaged it was met with disbelief as we forgot that would be on the cards after 3 children and a house extension. It was genuinely thrilling to celebrate with them and some old school days faces and I was chuffed to be asked to do a reading in the church and announce the speeches after the meal (loud, booming voice).

They've both always been too good looking for their own good. Hardly surprising that Nicola's dressmaker asked her to model bridal wear and the wedding photographer was quick to splash photos on his Facebook page of them casually posing on an old car in the barn.

Extras of wedding japes and antics.