Snow was predicted, Sun took it’s place for this beautiful wedding in The Lake District
1) Why did you choose The Belsfield for your wedding?
We have always loved visiting the Lake District and my grandparents had a boathouse in Bowness for many years so we loved the homely feeling that the lakes had for us. The Belsfield stood out immediately on our tour of the many venues that we had seen online. In fact, I think it was my Dad initially who had stumbled across the Belsfield when we started looking at venues. By coincidence Paul’s parents had stayed there many years ago too, well before the Laura Ashley refurb!
2) What made you want a videographer for your wedding?
We had been told by many of our married friends how fast the day goes so knew it was important for us to capture the day from beginning to end. We loved recently watching my parents wedding video and knew that was something we would want to be able to do in years to come.
3) What were your favourite parts of the BIG DAY?
Claire- I find it hard to choose … at the start of the day it would have to be the dress reveal to my Dad but I also loved spending the morning with my 3 best friends, mum and Paul’s mum getting ready, then I’d say mine and Paul’s entrance to the wedding breakfast to ‘You’ve got the love’ and all the cheering and probably the moment Ellie Sax came on – we all had so much fun dancing the night away!
Paul- hearing the string quartet begin Des’ree Kissing You & seeing Claire walk down the aisle, unexpectedly, actually enjoying delivering my speech & the moment after the first dance, when the confetti cannons went off & Ellie Sax setting the tone for the night!
(We could go on & on … readings during the ceremony, speeches, string quartet, mind reader, casino – we loved it all!)
4) How did Paul propose? (Gushy details are allowed)
Paul first planned to propose when we were on holiday in Thailand, only I fell poorly so he had to re think his plan for when we were home! We had a birthday weekend in Chester planned a month or so later. I love a good picnic & the sun was shining so we went to a beautiful park for the afternoon. Little did I know, why Paul insisted on carrying the picnic bag over his shoulder covering his back pocket which had the ring in! During the picnic Paul climbed onto one knee & asked if I would marry him… he said some lovely words too but I was so in shock so I don’t think I registered what he had said… (apparently I grabbed the ring out of his hand and said is this real) … of course I said yes and couldn’t wait to phone our friends and family who were delighted. I still remember now how genuinely happy everyone was for us, it was a lovely lovely feeling!!
Congratulations Claire & Paul, thanks for having us x Ro & lisa
… first time was 8 years ago and our first little girl was 6 months old in a little restaurant called the old town house, he got the staff to bring out the ring after our food in a little basket and it wasn’t till he got down on one knee that i realized why he kept going the toilet, bless him he was that nervous and emotional he didn’t even ask me to marry him he just said “I love you so much and you mean the world to me and I said yeah and he put the ring on, still don’t know what I said yes to that first time xxx
… I thought he was doing a runner so I threw my ring and it got lost in the grass, poor sod, he was only getting his cigarettes. 3 months later my neighbor found it in his lawn mower, mowed it and broke it. On NYE we had a get together with friends where he proposed again bless him and gave me a new ring and this time he actually said “will you marry me and make me the happiest man ever” I obviously said yes and we celebrated the new year with family and friends bless him!