by Courtenay | 14 November, 2018 | civil ceremony, Dorset Wedding, The Grand Hotel Swanage, Winter weddings
Last Saturday, I headed back to The Grand Hotel in Swanage for the last time this year, for the wedding of Clare and Neil. A much changed day from my last visit too! Not much sun around this time, in fact quite the opposite. A stormy day, windy with heavy downpours to...
by Courtenay | 17 October, 2018 | Abbots Court, Autumn weddings, civil ceremony, Country House Weddings, Dorset Wedding
A brand new venue for me, and their first ever wedding too! Abbots Court in Winterborne Kingston in the middle (and I mean literally in the middle) of the stunning Dorset countryside, is a beautiful Victorian former farmouse that just oozes romance, luxury and charm....
by Courtenay | 5 October, 2018 | Autumn weddings, beach wedding, civil ceremony, Dorset Wedding, Hotel Weddings, The Grand Hotel Swanage
Nearly 37 years in the making, Karen and Graham joyfully tied the knott last weekend at the Grand Hotel in Swanage. Surrounded by their closest family and friends, Karen and Graham finally said I do. The Grand Hotel has been Karen and Graham’s ‘go...
by Courtenay | 16 August, 2018 | barn wedding, civil ceremony, Dorset Wedding, Summer weddings
What a difference a few days makes! Just the other day the sun was shining and it was hot, hot, hot. Come Ellie and Rupert’s big day and the clouds have rolled in and some strange watery stuff is falling from the sky … could this be rain! Most people given...
by Courtenay | 17 January, 2018 | Christmas Wedding, civil ceremony, Dorset Wedding, Winter weddings
It feels a long time ago now, but it was a wet, windy New Year’s Eve as I headed over to the Crown Hotel in Blandford to meet up with Zoe and her bridal party mid-preparation for Zoe & Jon’s New Year’s wedding. The room was typically busy –...
by Courtenay | 25 October, 2017 | chaffeymoor grange, civil ceremony, Dorset Wedding, Winter weddings
Last Saturday dawned blowy and blustery, and was set to get worse as Storm Brian moved across the country. Luckily I wasn’t off to a big outdoors event with lots of travelling, though – Phil and Jayne had taken the 10-bedroomed Chaffeymoor Grange for the...
