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 | 14 August, 2018 | Country House Weddings, Dorset Wedding, Gay Wedding, smedmore house, Summer weddings
A long long time ago in a galaxy far far away (well London actually), two boys met and fell deeply in love …. Their family all knew it; Their freinds all knew it; And on the 8th day of the 8th month in the year 2018, they all got together at the fabulous...
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...
by Courtenay | 19 July, 2017 | chaffeymoor grange, civil ceremony, Country House Weddings, Dorset Wedding, Summer weddings
Last Saturday was a lovely change of pace for me; I had an unusually late start as I wasn’t needed for bridal preps, and simply had to head over to Gillingham Town Hall for the afternoon wedding of Natalie and Rebecca. The weather remained kind, and as I arrived...
by Courtenay | 12 July, 2017 | civil ceremony, Dorset Wedding, Plush Manor, Summer weddings
After the depressing wet weather of the previous week running up to this wedding, it was a joy to see a beautiful summer’s day dawning for what I knew was going to be a beautiful outdoors wedding at Plush Manor. It’s always a brave thing to plan a fully...
by Courtenay | 15 June, 2017 | Church Weddings, Dorset Wedding, Marquee Weddings, Southover House, Summer weddings, Wedding
Last Saturday I had the pleasure of covering a wedding at a new-to-me venue (that doesn’t happen often these days!) – I started the day at the beautiful Southover House near Tolpuddle. The house had been entirely taken over for the wedding, and when I...
