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Planning a wedding or special event? My blog features lots of articles on all the things you might want to consider when planning the big day.

Luxury Wiltshire Wedding Venue

Luxury Wiltshire Wedding Venue

I recently visited the newly refurbished Luxury Wiltshire Wedding venue, the Pear Tree at Purton and I was in for such a treat. Wiltshire wedding venue This glorious wedding venue based in Wiltshire was originally a 400-year-old vicarage and is set in the most...

A Magical Cotswold Wedding Venue

A Magical Cotswold Wedding Venue

I recently visited the Matara Centre – www.matara.co.uk – the most fabulous wedding venue situated within the glorious Cotswolds. As you cross the threshold time stands still, the atmosphere is magical and you feel like you have stepped into a piece of paradise. I met...

Weddings at Bristol Zoo Gardens

Weddings at Bristol Zoo Gardens

I recently got to visit the lovely Grace at ‘The Clifton Pavilion’ to talk about Weddings at Bristol Zoo Gardens. Situated very close to Clifton Village in Bristol, this is a fantastic venue providing the perfect setting for your wedding ceremony, reception and...

Outdoor Weddings in Bath

Outdoor Weddings in Bath

Getting Married in 2021 - Outdoor Weddings With the roadmap starting to ease over the next few months in the United Kingdom and with Summer well and truly on its way, couples are now starting to consider what their options might be if they do want to get married in...

What Harry Potter teaches us about love, death and grief

What Harry Potter teaches us about love, death and grief

I recently took part in the ‘Good Grief Festival’ – www.goodgrieffest.com. A series of virtual seminars which cover a wide variety of topics related to grief. I was struck by one in particular and this was around their discussions on what ‘Harry Potter’ can teach us...

5 Amazing Bristol Wedding Venues

5 Amazing Bristol Wedding Venues

Five Unique and Historic Bristol Wedding Venues I am a born and bred Bristolian and extremely proud to come from a city that is so vibrant and so full of history. There is an absolutely fantastic choice of wedding venues across the city and surrounding areas. I have...

Grief – A Very Personal Journey

Grief – A Very Personal Journey

Death of a parent My Dad had a number of issues with his health over the last few years before he died. But in some ways he seemed indestructible, coming back each time from a near-miss with vigour and determination. The day before he died he had bought a rare book...

Wedding Trends and Predictions for 2021 and Beyond

Wedding Trends and Predictions for 2021 and Beyond

After nearly a year of living through the pandemic and the familiarity of the word ‘lockdown’ the wedding trends for the rest of this year and beyond are without doubt going to be influenced by the Coronavirus. A large proportion of us have been stuck at home for many...

Top Tips For a Lockdown Valentine’s Day Proposal

Top Tips For a Lockdown Valentine’s Day Proposal

The highest number of engagements take place between Christmas and Valentine’s Day with a huge number of people choosing a Valentine’s Day proposal. Just because we are in the middle of a pandemic, it does not stop couples falling in love and for proposals to happen....

Each time you happen to me all over again

– Edith Wharton